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A $14.6 billion web of deceit that stretched across the country has prompted a massive federal crackdown in the U.S. health care system. More than 300 people are facing charges nationwide in what the Justice Department calls the largest health care fraud takedown in American history.
In North and South Carolina, prosecutors say scammers siphoned off over $20 million in taxpayer funds by filing fraudulent claims, targeting the most vulnerable, including severely disabled children…