With the help of a new platform, the Central Office for Combating Fraud and Corruption in the Health Care System wants to uncover cases of fraud.
Nuremberg - The corona pandemic allowed the Covid 19 test business to flourish.
Accordingly, this also attracted some fraudsters.
With the help of the test center, they billed the corona rapid tests * incorrectly.
At the beginning of October this led to several raids in Middle Franconia * - in Schwabach, Nuremberg and Fürth.
The investigation is conducted by the Central Office for Combating Fraud and Corruption in the Health Care System (ZKG) of the General Public Prosecutor's Office in Nuremberg.
With the raids, it is now moving more and more into the public eye.
When the
Fürther Nachrichten (FN)
asked the press spokesman for the ZKG, Chief Public Prosecutor Philip Engl, he said that three suspects have now been identified.
However, he was unable to provide any further details.
Nuremberg: New platform to fight fraud has been online since October 1st
Engl
could not tell
the
FN
how exactly the ZKG got wind from the Schwabach test center
.
But one thing is certain: the new reporting portal, in which people can provide anonymous information, was not the reason.
The portal has been online since October 1st and was developed with the aim of bringing property crimes in the health system to light.
For example, anonymous tipsters can pass on observations of too many or completely incorrectly billed services and if not enough qualified personnel are deployed to the ZKG using the platform.
Nuremberg: New portal enables investigators to ask questions to anonymous tipsters
The advantage of the portal is that the investigators can ask the tipsters questions if necessary.
In contrast, this does not work with anonymous advertisements, as the allegations are usually too vague.
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