12 East Texans arrested in Medicare fraud scheme

Twelve people have been arrested in connection with an East Texas Medicare fraud scheme, U.S. Attorney John M. Bales announced Wednesday.

On Sept. 16, a federal grand jury returned an 18-count indictment charging 12 suspects in connection with Three Angels Home Health, which authorities said was a scheme to defraud Medicare by recruiting recipients who were not eligible for or who did did not need home health care services.

According to the indictment, an investigation revealed between August 2013 and November 2014, the suspects tried to defraud Medicare of about $2.5 million for home health services to about 250 East Texas Medicare patients.

The patients were from Tyler, Jacksonville, Marshall, Nacogdoches, Lufkin and other parts of East Texas.

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