The attorneys general of North Carolina and South Carolina and federal prosecutors say eight people involved in a complex Medicaid scam allegedly bilked more than $21 million in federal funds by exploiting children’s and vulnerable patients’ medical information, mainly in South Carolina.
The sting was part of a nationwide crackdown announced Monday by federal prosecutors upon 324 people accused of defrauding $14.6 billion in healthcare scams in 12 states.
At a press conference in Charlotte Monday morning, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson joined North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson, FBI Special Agent in Charge Jim Barnacle, and U. S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina Russ Ferguson to announce arrests in a five-year investigation – called Operation Border War – involving a scheme that allegedly took advantage of a South Carolina law that allows Medicaid providers to enroll companies located within 25 miles of the state…