LI doctors busted in Medicare fraud crackdown
Photo credit: James Carbone | Melvin Cwibeker, center, a chiropractor in Woodmere, leaves federal court in Central Islip after being released on $1 million dollar bail on charges of health care fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering in connection with a scheme to steal millions of dollars in medicare funds. (Oct. 4, 2012)
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Three chiropractors from Long Island and one from Westchester County were among 92 people charged nationwide with filing $432 million in fraudulent Medicare claims, federal officials said Thursday.
The four -- Melvin Cwibeker, 52, of Woodmere; Richard Hurwitz, 42, of Long Beach; Shimon Metz, 42, of West Hempstead; and Mark Samuel, 52, of Mamaroneck -- entered pleas of not guilty Thursday before...
