Indian-American held in $3 mn fraud case

Washington: An Indian-American from Michigan has been arrested along with two others on charges of conspiring to defraud at least 43 victims of more than $3 million through the sale of phony business opportunities, a US attorney has said. David Weinstein, 61, Vijay Vanam Reddy, 45, and Kevin Brown, 61, have been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. From September 2015 through August 2018, the three advertised business opportunities for sale on various websites. They purported to sell “blocks” of contracts with medical providers who allegedly wanted to outsource their medical billing, collections, appeals, answering, credentialing or transcription functions. — PTI

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