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    ARMENIA PLEDGES TO HELP US PROSECUTORS TO INVESTIGATE MEDICARE SCAM
    By Avet Demuryan

    nationalnewsbreak.com
    October 14, 2010 - 1:43 PM

    YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) - Armenia says it will cooperate with the
    United States in an investigation of Armenian gangsters accused of
    using phantom health care clinics to try to cheat Medicare out of
    $163 million.

    Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan said Thursday that his
    nation was "sorry."

    The operation was allegedly led by crime boss, Armen Kazarian,
    who was in custody in Los Angeles. He is known by the Soviet term
    "thief in law," which is is the rough equivalent of a "godfather."

    A top Armenian police official told The Associated Press on condition
    of anonymity that about 40 ethnic Armenian "thieves in law" operate
    in Europe, the U.S., Australia and the Middle East. The official is
    not authorized to speak to the press.

    U.S. authorities say it is the largest fraud in program's history.




    From: A. Papazian
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