Los Angeles Strike Force
The Los Angeles Strike Force is extremely active. This group has led several investigations and prosecutions that targeted fraudulent ambulance services as well as fraudulent durable medical equipment (DME) providers. The joint Department of Justice and HHS Medicare Fraud Strike Force is a multi-agency team of federal, state, and local investigators designed to combat Medicare fraud through the use of Medicare data analysis techniques and an increased focus on community policing. See below for more information on Los Angeles’ most prominent cases in 2014.
- US v. Agbu, et al.
- US v. Glazer, et al.
- US v. Kapri, et al.
- US v. Tahmasian, et al.