Go figure: fraud data

 

FBI Enforcement (FY 2007)

The FBI investigates persons and organizations that defraud public and private health-insurance programs. The FBI combats fraud and abuse jointly with other federal, state, and local law-enforcement agencies, plus the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service, private health insurers and other organizations.

1. 2,493 health-fraud cases investigated, resulting in 839 indictments and 635 convictions. Other cases also are pending plea agreements and trials. (FBI Financial Crimes Report to the Public, FY 2007)

1. $1.12 billion in court-ordered restitution, $4.4 million in recoveries, $34 million in fines, and 308 seizures valued at $61.2 million. (ibid)