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FinCEN advisory warns of expanding healthcare fraud, empowers whistleblowers

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The advisory urged insiders at financial institutions to be vigilant for fraudsters, organized crime groups, and transnational criminal organizations that increasingly target government benefits programs.

The US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has issued an advisory urging financial institutions to keep an eye out for fraud schemes targeting government healthcare benefit programs such as Medicare and Medicaid.

Separately, the agency issued a proposed rule paving the way to