Two men built a string of fake medical equipment suppliers, prosecutors in California say, and used them to send Medicare more than $3.5 million in fraudulent claims. A grand jury indicted Nouman Mustafa, 36, of Torrance, and Mohsin Khan, 40, of Bakersfield, on September 17, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California announced the case on September 30. That puts the announcement 13 days after the indictment, and more than seven months after Mustafa’s arrest at the airport in February.
The indictment charges multiple counts of health care fraud and aggravated identity theft. The charges are allegations, and the office notes that both men are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt…