The New Face of Medicare
Drug dealers and organized-crime groups have invaded the Medicare system and are taking the government and citizens for a billion-dollar ride
By Stephen J. Hedges
Posted 1/25/98
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Huerta and Dominguez allegedly kept about $200,000 of the $1.2 million as a laundering fee. That's a tidy sum, but nothing close to the $8 million that prosecutors allege Dominguez's company, Amitan, also obtained through more than 8,000 Medicare billings. Both men have pleaded innocent and face trial this spring.
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