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Ohio Man Pleads Guilty to ‘Largest Health Care Fraud Case’

THE CENTER SQUARE—An Ohio man pleaded guilty to his involvement to what the U.S. Department of Justice is calling the largest healthcare fraud case ever prosecuted.

Eldar Zarbavel, 45 of Pepper Pike, Ohio, laundered $3.4 million in “illicit healthcare fraud” proceeds through multiple regional banks, the Justice Department said in a news release.

“The healthcare fraud proceeds were particularly susceptible to laundering because they originated from legitimate sources – Medicare and established private insurance carriers – giving the funds the initial appearance of legitimacy,” the Justice Department said.

The fraud scheme was based in Russia and other countries, prosecutors said, and was a multi-billion-dollar scheme. So far, 45 people have been charged.

“As alleged in charging documents, the organization exploited the United States’........

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