According to attorney Claro de Castro, chief of the National Bureau of Investigation's (NBI) Interpol division, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is preparing extradition requests and, once approved, a warrant of arrest will be issued which will be served by the NBI.
The scheme involves American veterans living in the Philippines have allegedly conspired with doctors, hospitals and clinics to defraud TRICARE, the U.S. Department of Defense’s worldwide health care program for active duty and retired uniformed services members and their families, by making fraudulent claims inflated by up to 2,000%.
Said de Castro, last year an American veteran was extradited to the U.S. in connection with a scam in which TRICARE was swindled for more than $100 million through fraudulent claims.
Yesterday a U.S. judge ordered Philippine health provider Health Visions Corporation to pay back the $100 million it swindled from TRICARE, mandating the company liquidate all its assets within months and give the proceeds to the U.S. government.