We’re #1! The Southern District of Florida is #1 ...
... in health care fraud. According to a just-released report by the Sentencing Commission, our District had 131 health care fraud defendants in 2016. The next closest district, the Eastern District of Michigan, had 40 defendants.
The Top Five Districts Health Care Fraud Offenders FY 2016
Southern District of Florida (N=131)
Eastern District of Michigan (N=40)
Central District of California (N=27)
District of Puerto Rico (N=23)
Southern District of Texas (N=20)
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The funny part of the Michigan ones are that they were a lot of folks who are from South Florida.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I suppose these cases keep a bunch of prosecutors and defense lawyers employed, this is not something to be proud of. It is sad and troubling.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that EDNY and SDNY are not there suggests to me that they are not putting resources into it.
ReplyDeleteRIP Mark E. Smith
ReplyDelete"You don't have to be weird to be weird."