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MADISON, Wis. - The U.S. military's health insurance program has been swindled out of more than $100 million over the past decade in the Philippines, where doctors, hospitals and clinics have conspired with American veterans to submit bogus claims, according to prosecutors and court records.
Seventeen people have been convicted so far -- including at least a dozen U.S. military retirees -- in a little-noticed investigation that has been handled by federal prosecutors out of Wisconsin because a Madison company holds the contract to process many of the claims. It has not been accused of any wrongdoing.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., April 23 (UPI) -- A South Florida man has been acquitted of harassing a former girlfriend by distributing fliers that said she had given him herpes.
A jury found Hance Adams not guilty of all charges Tuesday, including criminal libel, the Miami Herald reported Wednesday. He was also charged with child abuse because fliers were left at the school attended by the woman's son.
The Government Accountability Office estimates that more than 60,000 federal contractors owe $7.7 billion in back taxes. An additional $1 billion is owed by health care providers who receive Medicare funds, the GAO says. An undetermined amount of farm subsidies, small-business loans and other benefits flow to companies that owe taxes. These taxes are part of about $300 billion in taxes that go unpaid every year, the Internal Revenue Service estimates.
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