2026年6月4日 美国东部时间上午11:27 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：亚历克斯·桑德比 高级编辑
亚历克斯·桑德比是CBSNews.com的高级编辑。除编辑内容外，他还报道突发新闻，撰写关于犯罪、极端天气，以及从多州彩票头奖到独立日热狗吃大赛等各类题材的报道。
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联邦当局周四在俄亥俄州的一场新闻发布会上宣布，他们捣毁了一个据称涉案金额达3000万美元的诈骗共谋团伙，该团伙涉嫌为从未提供过的儿童行为健康服务进行计费。
一位了解调查情况的消息人士告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻，本案涉及的四名被告本周已向当局自首。
据该消息人士透露，作为调查的一部分，执法人员扣押了14辆汽车，其中包括一辆玛莎拉蒂、一辆奔驰、一辆宾利和一辆迈凯伦。
据消息人士称，被告据称向参加夏令营、教会团体和娱乐项目的年轻人和儿童提供行为治疗服务和心理治疗。
据消息人士称，这些所谓的团伙头目给每一位服务对象都诊断出行为适应障碍，借此利用弱势儿童牟利。但实际上从未进行过任何评估测试，也从未提供过行为服务，孩子们从未得到过任何治疗。
据消息人士称，参与者需要填写“入组资料袋”并提供他们的医疗补助卡号，这是为服务计费的必要条件。
据消息人士称，医疗评估也是必要流程，但被告从未进行过任何一项测试。
副总统JD·万斯的发言人在给哥伦比亚广播公司新闻的一份声明中称这些指控令人作呕。
“诈骗者竟然被允许从有需要的美国儿童手中夺走至关重要的发育服务，这令人作呕，”该发言人说道。“被窃取的数百万税款本可以改善无数人的生活，但却被用来购买豪车。这正是副总统的专项打击小组正在制止的这类诈骗的又一例证。”
司法部代表反欺诈专项工作组开展了此次执法行动，该工作组是特朗普政府打击诈骗行动的一部分。共和党和民主党就谁应为催生诈骗滋生环境负责、谁在采取更多措施解决问题一事互相指责。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻数月来一直在调查多种形式的诈骗。其中一项针对临终关怀诈骗的调查，核查了洛杉矶县目前运营的每家临终关怀机构的业务和财务记录，采用了州审计员认定的潜在欺诈红色标志指标。分析显示，洛杉矶县约1800家临终关怀机构中，有700多家触发了州定义的多项欺诈红色标志。
明尼苏达州的诈骗案件也是特朗普政府的关注重点。哥伦比亚广播公司新闻调查了该州迄今为止最大的诈骗计划，并采访了据称的主谋、45岁的埃米·博克。
在一次从她的牢房中进行的独家采访中，博克为自己的行为辩护，承认感到后悔，并辩称与她合作过的州官员也应承担部分责任。这是博克因参与检察官所称的2.5亿美元新冠疫情期间诈骗联邦饥饿儿童救助项目一案被捕后首次公开发声。
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Luxury cars seized after alleged $30 million fraud ring involving children’s health services busted, officials say
June 4, 2026 11:27 AM EDT / CBS News
By Alex Sundby Senior Editor
Alex Sundby is a senior editor at CBSNews.com. In addition to editing content, Alex also covers breaking news, writing about crime and severe weather as well as everything from multistate lottery jackpots to the July Fourth hot dog eating contest.
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Federal authorities have busted what they say is a $30 million fraud conspiracy involving billing for children’s behavioral health services that were never provided, officials announced at a news conference in Ohio on Thursday.
All four defendants involved in the case turned themselves in to authorities this week, a source familiar with the investigation told CBS News
As part of the investigation, 14 vehicles were seized, including a Maserati, a Mercedes, a Bentley and a McLaren, according to the source.
The defendants are alleged to have offered therapeutic behavioral services and psychotherapy to young adults and children who were attending summer camps, church groups and recreational programs, according to the source.
The alleged ringleaders diagnosed every single recipient with a behavioral adjustment disorder, which allowed them to profit off the vulnerable children, according to the source. But no assessment testing was ever done, the behavioral services never occurred, and the kids never got any care.
Participants were required to complete “intake packets” and provide their Medicaid recipient number, which are required to bill for the services, according to the source.
A medical assessment was also required, but, according to the source, the defendants didn’t conduct a single test.
A spokesperson for Vice President JD Vance called the allegations disgusting in a statement to CBS News.
“It is disgusting that fraudsters were allowed to deprive essential developmental services from American children in need,” the spokesperson said. “Countless lives could have been made better by the millions of tax dollars stolen, but instead they were used to purchase luxury cars. This is another example of the type of fraud the Vice President’s task force is putting a stop to.”
The Department of Justice carried out the enforcement on behalf of the anti-fraud task force, part of the Trump administration’s efforts to target fraud. Republicans and Democrats have traded barbs about who is responsible for creating circumstances that allow for fraud and who is doing more to fix it.
CBS News has been investigating multiple forms of fraud for months. One investigation into hospice fraud examined the business and financial records of every hospice currently operating in Los Angeles County, applying the same indicators identified by state auditors as potential red flags for fraud. The analysis revealed that over 700 of the roughly 1,800 hospices in Los Angeles County trigger multiple red flags for fraud as defined by the state.
Fraud in Minnesota has also been a focus of the Trump administration. CBS News has investigated the state’s biggest fraud scheme to date, and interviewed the alleged mastermind, 45-year-old Aimee Bock.
In an exclusive interview from her jail cell,Bock defended her conduct, admitted regrets and argued that state officials who she worked with should bear some of the blame. It was the first time Bock spoke publicly since she was arrested for her role in what prosecutors say was a $250 million COVID-era effort to defraud a federal program to feed hungry children.
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