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Global crime ring members sentenced in $2 billion telemedicine fraud case

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Kevin Kinsella

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The defendants employed scores of call center employees and remote-billers to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from American businesses and launder the stolen monies overseas.

Three members of what the US Department of Justice (DOJ) describes as a Moscow‑based international criminal organization have been sentenced in connection with an extensive telemedicine healthcare fraud scheme that generated nearly $2 billion in fraudulent prescriptions.

According to a DOJ press release, Anthony Santamaria received a 10‑year prison

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