By Jason Kandel, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 08/06/2008
Two Los Angeles men were arrested this morning on federal charges of defrauding Medicare and Medi-Cal by providing unnecessary health services to homeless people who were recruited from "Skid Row" with promises of payments.
Rudra Sabaratnam, 64, of Brentwood, an owner and top executive of a hospital; and Estill Mitts, 64, the operator of a Skid Row "Assessment Center," are expected to make their initial court appearances this afternoon in United States District court in Los Angeles.
Sabaratnam and Mitts were indicted under seal by a federal grand jury last week. The 21-count indictment, which was unsealed this morning following their arrests, alleges that Sabaratnam and Mills conspired to recruit homeless people to receive unnecessary health services for the purpose of committing health care fraud.
The case against Sabaratnam and Mitts is part of an ongoing investigation being conducted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; IRS-Criminal Investigation; the California Department of Justice's Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse; and Health and Law Enforcement Team (HALT), a multi-agency task force which is operated by the Los Angeles County Health Department.
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SOURCE: Contra Costa Times
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