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U.S. Prosecutors Charge 14 People for Performing Fraudulent Surgeries

Benjie Batanes   |

Sep 26, 2015 08:35 AM EDT

Prosecutors in Los Angeles, California, have charged 14 people with performing unnecessary surgeries on patients in order to collect their insurance money. The District Attorney's office said on Friday that the suspects' greed for profit led them to put hundreds of their patients at risk.