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August 8, 2006
DC Dental Clinic Owner Indicted of Health Care Fraud After Joint Investigation (cont'd.)
The Bureau of National Affairs was listed in the indictment as an insured entity, along with insurance companies, Aetna Life Insurance Company, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, Cigna Corporation, HumanaDental, Delta Dental of New York and MAMSI Life and Health Insurance Company.
In announcing the indictment, Hampton, Wainstein, Persichini and Pane praised the joint investigative efforts of all the offices. DISB’s Senior Fraud Investigator Carl Ditchey of the Enforcement and Investigation Bureau joined FBI Special Agents Sherri Queener and Chadwick Elgersma, and Financial Analyst Leslie Smith and DOH’s investigators Greg Scurlock and Mark Donatelli. They also commended Assistant US Attorneys Judith A. Kidwell of the Asset Forfeiture Unit and Thomas E. Zeno of the Fraud and Public Corruption Section.
The indictment is only a formal charge that a defendant has committed a criminal violation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty.
