The state money intended for health insurance for the elderly and disabled under the Medicare program was spent on unauthorized and dubious purchases.
This was reported by the agency “Reuters” on Monday, May 18, citing its own sources.
According to the media, the corruption scheme is now being checked as part of a federal investigation. The pharmaceutical corporation “PerkinElmer” is considered a fraudster. It has set several tens of thousands of tests that reveal genetic predispositions to cancer.
Now investigators are investigating whether the corporation knew that their products were not needed from a medical point of view, and the medical institutions that signed contracts with it, spent budget money intended for the elderly and disabled.
It is also noted that the investigation of PerkinElmer frauds is part of a larger corruption case within Medicare. The damage caused by the Ministry of Justice is estimated at $2.1 billion. Thus, elderly patients were fraudulently forced to submit unnecessary tests to companies involved in the state health insurance program.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation was involved in the investigation.
At PerkinElmer, there were no answers to journalists’ questions about their involvement in fraudulent schemes.