Submitted by IamSauerKraut t3_10mktqz in Pennsylvania
Looks like a family of dentists and numerous others engaged in human trafficking, racketeering, tax evasion and using unapproved dental implants. Ringleaders of Savani Group face at least 400 years in the federal pen if convicted. Quite the read.
>human trafficking, racketeering, tax evasion and using unapproved dental implants
Knowing the federal government, it was the last one that got the ball rolling.
Holy cow 100's of years in jail.
Medicare fraud of $80 MILLION!? Holy shit.
I know, prison health care is bananas
Tax evasion?
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Whoa! My family went to one of their practices for a few years, and there was always ridiculous turnover with hygienists, etc. to the point that we never felt comfortable with their work, or their care suggestions.
Left them behind and went to a new place that may be the best dentist I've had in all my life.
That's just one group 🥲 America has money for socialized healthcare, we just let people steal it and take it from us.
Ask another dentist that isn't a scum bag.
I thought it was never RICO ... damn.
A big part of the ACA reforms was that it set up a separate division at DOJ that just goes after Medicaid/Medicare fraud. It's paid for itself every year. A big part of why we still have issues is that the wealthiest man in congress, Senator Rick Scott (R-Fl), made his fortune bilking Medicare. As CEO his company was involved in an auto-bill scam that was, at the time, the largest Medicare fraud in US history, totaling over $ 1 billion. He pleaded the 5th nearly 100 times in the trial, pretending he had no idea how it could happen. He also opposed the ACA's fraud reforms.
Ummm the last one is using unapproved dental implants? But the govt does love it's tax evasion charges.
*Savani, not Savanti
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who? I need a dentist
Why is it always dentists.
>He also opposed the ACA's fraud reforms.
I'm shocked /s
Talk about a diversified criminal enterprise! Jeesh.
Hand over heart, principled opposition.
Fking RICO! It's never RICO. And when it is actually RICO, someone is going to jail for a thousand years.
Dan Meusser, a PA congressman reputed to be a resident of NY, also made his fortune by bilking Medicare via kickback schemes. Only fined $80,000. Was not forced to disgorge the ill-gotten gains thanks to the loving hands of his pal, then US Attorney for the Middle District of PA, Tom Marino.
Right you are. Corrected.
Popehat aint here so it can be RICO.
You give the IRS too much credit. The FDA enforcement folks are a tenacious bunch - just ask all the raw milk folk in central PA.
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> Medicare fraud of $80 MILLION!? Holy shit.
More than $80M. That's the thing. Imagine how much fraud there is for smaller amounts that will never be discovered, prosecuted and partially clawed back.
Medicare/Medicaid are huge systems where there is little incentive to discover fraud. Nobody gets a huge bonus if they find fraud. And that's why big government run programs have this stereotype about them that they are mismanaged and rife with fraud. And rightfully so.
Very likely someone went to another dentist that found some "issues" with the implant and it was reported up.
Cheaters gotta cheat…and get consequences we deserve.
Drill, baby, drill?
Rick Scott did the same thing and look at him now, junior senator from FL 🙄
Rick Scott has a crackhead ego almost as large as benedict donald's and I have no doubt he wants a shot at being king of the US, too.
No doubt why the Republicans put him in charge of the NRSC - if anyone knows how to defraud the government he should rise to the top. He took his job so seriously that he went to Italy to escape when they audited the committees finances.
Hope they hang ‘em, hang ‘em high!!!
I have a relative who works there. If the moderators would like me to verify that I can do so with the promise that they will protect that person's anonymity. Afterwards if anyone has any questions I would be willing to relay them to the employee in question.
And from what I understand, especially a RICO case. aren’t they notorious for being so hard to nail down?
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How are their fines lower than what they stole?
Not if the defendants thru their own acts and communications make the case for conviction.
no doxxing. thx.
It is called "the efficiency of the federal government."
Uhhh what are you talking about? I have a relative that works for that company and would be willing to answer any questions that anyone has. Where did you get doxxing from?
You mean the ones who caused listeria outbreaks?
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These people are fucked. They deserve it. And the feds don’t file charges after spending years investigating unless they have a rock solid case.