Illegal Immigrant Accused of $90M Medicare Scam Using Thousands of Fake Medical Claims

An illegal immigrant has been accused of running a Medicare scam through a company that submitted $90 million in false claims, per the Department of Justice.

Anar Rustamov’s organization, “Dublin Helping Hand,” was based in the San Francisco Bay Area and allegedly served as the vehicle for fraudulent activity.

U.S. Attorney Craig Missakian announced criminal charges late last week against Rustamov, formerly of Sunnyvale, California, for “perpetrating a large-scale fraud targeting federal health care funds distributed through the Medicare Advantage program,” according to a Friday news release.

“Anar Rustamov, a national of Azerbaijan who appears to have entered the United States illegally, was indicted [Thursday] by a federal grand jury and charged with health care fraud for a scheme involving thousands of false claims for medical equipment totaling more than $90 million,” it continued.

The scheme allegedly involved thousands of fraudulent claims being sent to Medicare Advantage Organizations on behalf