Read · October 22, 2026

Justice Department charges 15, including six medical professionals, in a nearly $2 billion Los Angeles health care fraud takedown

From the LeftAssociated Press: California latest target in Department of Justice efforts to end public benefits fraud
The Tarzana arrest, the surgeon-chiropractor atherectomy case and the $1.5 billion sober-home network, set inside the administration's wider fraud push, with Newsom's reply
Grade: F (40/100). Gets a fact wrong and mixes in the reporter's opinion.
CenterNewsNation: LA chiropractor, surgeon indicted in alleged Medicare fraud scam
The Tabaie-Malek atherectomy indictment in detail, each step credited to prosecutors, as part of the 15-defendant, $2 billion takedown
Grade: B (82/100). Leaves out key context.
From the RightFox News: Federal authorities charge 15 in massive $1.8B Southern California medical fraud sweep
Predawn raids, the surgeon-chiropractor case, the father-son $1.6 billion sober-home case with 'body brokers', hospice and Medi-Cal schemes, officials quoted
Grade: D (64/100). Mixes in the reporter's opinion and uses loaded words.

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