The Most Corrupt StatesNo. 5 North Carolina (photo: Gerry Broome, AP)5 of 10Public Corruption: 36
Racketeering & Extortion: 22
Fraud Rank: 1
Forgery & Counterfeiting: 7
Embezzlement: 2
Recent Scandal: Kalu Kalu and Martin Ifeani Iroegbu of Raleigh netted more than $12 million in a Medicare fraud scheme, but they acted more like old-time grifters than seasoned criminals. The team, doing business with legitimate-sounding company names like Enuda Healthsource and Universal Medical Supply, would give presentations at homes and churches, obtain Medicare numbers of unsuspecting patients, and then send prescriptions for unnecessary medical equipment to patients' physicians for signature. The physicians would often nullify entire prescriptions, but the grifters charged Medicare for the medical equipment anyway. Kalu was sentenced in March to 90 days in jail and was ordered to pay more than $4 million in restitution.
Source: The Daily Beast
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It's a hoot ain't it?
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