I took the Mini Australian Shepherds for their first herding instinct class … just outside Los Angeles at Drummond Ranch.

7/ As 7 tried to flee, they were arrested at U.S. airports and U.S. border with Mexico. This is one reason why MEDICARE needs to make it difficult to get a provider number and do thorough diligence before hand

6/ Prosecutions are in Eastern District of NY, Northern District of Illinois, Central District of CA, Middle District of FL, & District of New Jersey against 19 named defendants. 12 were arrested, incl 4 apprehended in Estonia as a result of int’l cooperation.

5/ Big data analytics for the win. Health Care Fraud Unit’s Data Analytics Team and its partners detected anomalous billing through proactive data analytics. This alleged fraud appears to come primarily from Estonia.

4/ The arrests included a banker who allegedly facilitated the money laundering of fraud proceeds on behalf of the org through a U.S.-based bank. This org collected $41 million and the rest of the $4.4 billion is sitting in escrow and noT paid out.

3/ As alleged, the org exploited U.S. financial system by laundering the fraudulent proceeds & deploying a range of tactics to circumvent anti-money laundering controls to transfer funds into cryptocurrency and shell companies located abroad.

2/ encrypted messaging, strategically bought dozens of DME (durable medical equipment) companies in US & obtained health care info for 1 million Americans. They then rapidly submitted $10.6 billion in fraud claims to Medicare for urinary catheters & other medical equipment.

In this prosecution of 29 people, the Medicare fraud is foreign organized crime. Org allegedly used network of foreign straw owners who bought DME companies, incl people sent to US from abroad and people using assumed identities ; then acting at direction of others using …

It's peak cherry picking season in WA. If workers work super fast they can make extra money during these 4 -6 weeks. "Leo" says he's earning $4.50/22 lb bucket. He's managing to pick 55-65 buckets/day. It's supposed to pass 100° next week. #WeFeedYou

I’m still paying off my med school loans (in-state public university) and could never have gone to medical school without them. Trump Bill’s Caps on Grad School Loans Could Worsen Doctor Shortage https://t.co/fJnYb22fWg via @NYTimes

Commentary: Even tough-on-crime district attorneys know prison reform is smart

Pharmacy Owner Pleads Guilty to Filing False Tax Returns With IRS and Admits to More Than $1 Million Tax Loss https://t.co/YkQnKRM4sd Announced with @IRS_CI

RFK Jr. said kids with autism can’t play baseball, get jobs, or use the bathroom on their own. That’s not just wrong—it’s mean and dangerous. He’s spreading lies about autism and vaccines, and it hurts real people. He should be ashamed of himself.

Marco Rubio: “For years to come, there are many people on the right, in the media and voters at large, that are going to be having to explain and justify how they fell into this trap of supporting Donald Trump.” (March 2016)

This stinging order, authored by 40-years-on-the-bench, very conservative, well-respected Judge Wilkinson, is worth the read. He gets a lot done in seven pages. https://t.co/XpCg48vaKv

https://t.co/NG44YXTs4v via @NYTimes Does the 6th Amendment Mean Anything Here? This is an Awful Abuse Here.

Nude photos of Beverly Hills plastic surgery patients exposed in data hacks, lawsuit alleges. Seems hackers have been targeting plastic surgeons...

@TK_HelpDesk — I was told that no one can assist us at the airline. I’m trying to decide whether to book a hotel room and it seems like a bait and switch program to change our flight time and then deny us the program based on a five minute short fall.

O.C. judge tied to healthcare fraud scheme with convicted doctor, records show. This is a workers comp fraud case - US Attorney’s Office

Southern California men in their early 20s indicted in alleged $22-million crypto fraud case

Biden Commuted Sentences of 1,500 Americans: It's a record for commutations but most were from COVID home confinement. Biden's only given 26 pardons: 1 for Hunter, 5 nat'l security swaps and 20 others. Pretty meager. Time for reform of pardon power.