August 16, 2007

Company Charges Government Almost One Million Dollars For Two 19-Cent Washers

Thankfully, they got busted making $20 million in fraudulent charges to the government, but it makes one think, how many of these sorts of things slip by unnoticed?

Beyond that, they sent three screws to Iraq and charged several hundred thousand, and another big score from washers sent to an Air Force Base in Florida.  How did they do it?  Well, the DoD had a program that would pay accounts marked "Priority" through an automated pay system, and the company charged a huge price for them.  The owners of the company spent most of the money on luxury property, vacations and cars.  Authorities are hoping they can make the money back by selling off all the property.

 How anyone can think government run or subsidized health care is a good idea reading stories like this is beyond me...

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