TechFlame reports that the US Department of Justice announced that it had uncovered the largest health insurance fraud case in history. A total of 324 defendants were prosecuted, involving more than 14.6 billion US dollars in false claims. The defendants include 96 medical professionals such as doctors, nurses, pharmacists, etc., distributed across 50 federal regions and 12 state attorney general offices across the United States. The operation also seized more than $245 million in assets such as cash, cryptocurrencies, and luxury cars. At the same time, the US Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) prevented fraudulent payments of more than $4 billion by suspending or revoking the billing rights of 205 providers. The “Operation Gold” case involved in the case accounted for $10.6 billion in fraud and was linked to organized crime in Russia, Estonia, and Kazakhstan. Attorney General Pamela Bondi said there will be zero tolerance for criminal acts using the health insurance system for profit.