Federal prosecutors in Chicago have filed charges accusing multiple foreign nationals of orchestrating elaborate Medicare and health insurance fraud schemes that bilked government programs and private insurers out of more than $1 billion through fraudulent claims for medical equipment and diagnostic tests that were never provided to patients.
In one complaint, federal prosecutors charged a Kazakhstan national with conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with Medicare fraud operations.
Anuar Abdrakhmanov is charged with taking control of a legitimate Kentucky-based company called Priority One Medical Equipment and using it to submit approximately $666 million in fraudulent Medicare claims for continuous glucose monitors and catheters between March and August 2024…