Thursday, October 03, 2013

Scooter Store scammed $108m from U.S. taxpayers |

Scooter Store scammed $108m from U.S. taxpayers |:
"Doug and Susanna Harrison are the the ‘faces’ behind The Scooter Store.  They founded The Scooter Store and were personally responsible for its operations, policies and procedures – until they jumped ship in 2012. [...]

They spent years greasing the palms of politicians.  Through The Scooter Store, they gave $86,273 to federal politicians and were a top source of funds for 19 members of Congress. Since 2007, they have given $473,000 to politicians.

They also spent nearly $4 million on lobbying since 2004 trying to kill laws to curb waste, fraud, and abuse in the Medicare and Medicaid programs.  [...]

After being charged with fraud, the company said it would only repay $20 million of the $88 million defrauded from Medicare.  They actually had the audacity to file a lawsuit against the government (really all of us as consumers) for not approving their claims."

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