The U.S. Department of Justice announced two Georgia men were among 455 defendants charged in a nationwide healthcare fraud enforcement operation.
USDOJ said Murrell Carnel Rutledge, Jr. and Lonnie Releford, both of Atlanta, are accused of committing crimes violating federal healthcare laws.
Rutledge, described by the Justice Department as the owner of a cyst removal, allergy testing, wound care and psychotherapy clinic, submitted thousands of false claims to the Georgia Medicaid program…