2015 Archive

Parliament calls for 'drastic action' against Sassa official >

Johannesburg - Drastic action needs to be taken against department officials who abuse SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) funds, says Parliament's social development committee. "This is unacceptable and should be stamped out of our system," the committee's chairperson, Zoleka Capa, said. "Social assistance is not for sale to unscrupulous officials of the department. We have a task of ensuring that the poorest of the poor get government assistance at no cost at all."
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SABC employees face DC for alleged medical aid fraud >

SABC says it has proof of how the alleged crime was committed, but cannot disclose the information yet.(SABC)
More than 150 SABC employees will face disciplinary action for allegedly colluding with medical practitioners to defraud the public broadcaster's medical aid scheme.
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Assistant Administrator of Riverside General Hospital Sentenced to 40 Years in Prison in $116 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme >

The former assistant administrator of Riverside General Hospital was sentenced today to 40 years in prison for his role in a $116 million Medicare fraud scheme. To date, 10 individuals have pleaded guilty or been convicted for their involvement in the scheme.
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Police officer charged with fraud for selling doctor's notes >

Sworn statements attached to a grievance letter compiled by members working at the SAPS Chatsworth Training College state that the warrant officer, who cannot be named because he hasn't appeared in court, illegally collected R2 100 from 14 trainees earlier this year.
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Doctors to take on Aaron Motsoaledi >

Doctors and their professional associations have threatened to go to court to challenge the proposed amendments to regulation 8 of the Medical Schemes Act, which Motsoaledi gazetted last Friday and which will see medical aid schemes paying doctors far less than they earn at present.
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23 arrested in massive $7 million Medicaid fraud >

Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson, together with United States Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General New York region Special Agent in Charge Scott J. Lampert, New York City Human Resources Administration Commissioner Steven Banks and the New York State Acting Medicaid Inspector General Dennis Rosen, today announced that nine doctors are among 23 defendants named in a 199-count indictment that alleges they participated in a massive scheme in which they lured people recruited from low-income neighborhoods, homeless shelters and welfare offices to corrupt medical clinics for unnecessary tests with the promise of free footwear such as sneakers, shoes and boots.
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