DOJ announces massive healthcare fraud takedown in Pennsylvania

Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald announces criminal charges against 19 defendants in a Pennsylvania Medicaid fraud scheme. He details how fraudsters looted millions from home healthcare programs.

Medicaid home care programs are targeted in a massive federal crackdown as Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald announces charges against 19 defendants in Pennsylvania. McDonald warns that greedy opportunists turned these life-saving programs into a 'money tree' and a 'gravy train' for criminal activities. The Department of Justice is working with local authorities to prosecute those stealing over $4 million from taxpayers.