
Raleigh Businessman Pleads Guilty in $60M Healthcare Fraud Scheme
James Shuford Price III, a Raleigh businessman who operated a California lab, has pleaded guilty to his involvement in a $60 million Medicare and Medi-Cal fraud scheme.
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James Shuford Price III, a Raleigh businessman who operated a California lab, has pleaded guilty to his involvement in a $60 million Medicare and Medi-Cal fraud scheme.

A watchdog group and a new report allege that California is providing taxpayer-funded gender reassignment surgeries to individuals in homeless shelters, including illegal immigrants, through its Medi-Cal program, raising concerns about the misuse of state funds.

Paul Randall, 66, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud in a scheme that defrauded Medi-Cal of over $178 million in taxpayer funds.

US Senator John Kennedy criticized California's Medi-Cal program during Senate testimony for allegedly covering exorcisms and faith-based healing amidst ongoing fraud investigations.

Eight doctors and nurses in California have been arrested for allegedly defrauding Medicare of $4 million by falsely posing patients as terminally ill.

A $267 million Medi-Cal hospice fraud ring allegedly utilized stolen personal data from the dark web to bill California for end-of-life care that was never provided.

Journalist Chris Rufo claims that California lost between $180 billion and $280 billion to fraud within Medi-Cal and welfare programs during Governor Gavin Newsom's administration.