Feds Charge Azerbaijan Migrant with $90M Healthcare Fraud

Federal prosecutors have charged an Azerbaijani national with perpetrating $90 million in healthcare fraud.

Anar Rustamov, 39, “who appears to have entered the United States illegally,” has been indicted on 14 counts of allegedly orchestrating a scheme to file thousands of false claims for medical equipment with the Medicare Advantage program, according to a statement by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California.

U.S. Attorney Craig H. Missakian noted that the investigation is part of President Trump’s “War on Fraud,” which is aimed at white-collar crime by both Americans and migrants.

“Anyone who believes they can make easy money by defrauding such programs should know that we will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to identify, investigate, and prosecute such fraud and abuse,” Missakian said in the statement.

Prosecutors allege that the suspected fraudster defrauded the government of millions through his Dublin Helping Hand organization