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Criminals scamming billions from Medicare using fake AI voices, hacking data – all without setting foot in the USA

Source: nypost.com nypost.com
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Medicare and Medicaid are losing billions of taxpayer dollars to criminals because they can’t keep pace with their high-tech scams, a Post investigation has found. International criminal networks employ hackers who steal sensitive patient data then sell it on the dark web or use it to then bill for fake medical equipment or services in people’s names. Scammers even use AI voice bots to coax info out of seniors on the phone, posing as US healthcare workers, often from thousands of miles away in Europe or Asia. Ibrahim Khaldoon Hilmi was scooped up by officials in Cyprus and Turkey and…

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