Corruption

Imagine if you told your kid they could have dessert, but only if they ate all of their vegetables. Then, as you looked away, they quietly slipped their spinach to the dog before reaching out to receive dessert. Here you have what California is doing with Medicaid funding, and the whole country is paying for it. For years, states have found creative ways to game the federal Medicaid system, such as using questionable financing mechanisms that artificially inflate what they claim to spend, resulting in pulling more federal funds than...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Gov. Kevin Stitt appointed special counsel on Monday to conduct an independent investigation of potential “abuse, waste, mismanagement and fraud” at the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. The appointment was announced at about the same time that a hearing was being held at the Capitol as lawmakers continued their own probe of financial turmoil at the department led by Commissioner Allie Friesen. The ODMHSAS also is being investigated by the Legislative Office of Fiscal Transparency and State Auditor and Inspector Cindy Byrd. Friesen...

While the liberal media previously scoffed at the necessity of the Department of Government Accountability (DOGE), suggesting that the federal government wasn’t losing a significant amount of money through fraud, CBS’s 60 Minutes did something astounding on Sunday night: admit the truth. Cecilia Vega actually spoke with a former official with the Government Accountability Office (GAO) who suspected the U.S. was approaching nearly $1 trillion in taxpayer money lost to fraud. “It`s the most popular f-word in Washington: fraud,” Vega quipped at the top of the segment. After noting the...

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A federal judge ordered prison time for the architects of the biggest private-equity fraud since the collapse of Abraaj Group in 2018, sentencing both Friday for their roles in setting up GPB Capital Holdings and marketing its funds to everyday investors with promises of earning 8% returns. Former GPB Chief Executive David Gentile , an accountant who came up with the idea for the firm with auto dealer Jeffrey Lash and securities salesman Jeffry Schneider , was ordered to serve seven years by U.S. District Judge Rachel Kovner in Brooklyn,...

A USAID employee in charge of managing contracts for the agency created a fake company to fraudulently secure coronavirus benefits for himself, federal prosecutors said Friday. “Yusuf Akoll worked as a Senior Procurement Contract Specialist at the U.S. Agency for International Development,” according to a previously unreported court document.

The Amtrak Office of Inspector General released the findings of a bombshell investigation on Wednesday, revealing "the largest employee conspiracy our office has ever investigated." According to the OIG, at least 119 Amtrak employees participated in "a widespread scheme," conspiring with New York health care providers to defraud the company's health care plan out of over $12 million. 'The sheer volume of employees who cavalierly participated in this scheme to steal Amtrak's funds suggests not only a serious lapse in basic ethics, but a troubling workforce culture, at least in...

At least 119 Amtrak employees and doctors took the railroad company for a ride in a massive $12 million health fraud scheme, a watchdog found. Amtrak's Office of Inspector General (OIG) said employees based in Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Connecticut and Washington, D.C., accepted cash kickbacks from three healthcare providers in exchange for the use of their insurance information and that of their dependents in a scheme from 2019 to 2022. "The sheer volume of employees who cavalierly participated in this scheme to steal Amtrak’s funds suggests...