Poker Player Accused of $88 Million Healthcare Scam – PokerTube

08:1524 Jun

Billy Joe Taylor, a 42-year-old poker player from Arkansas, has been indicted for defrauding the US healthcare system of an eye-watering $88 million. The guy once described as a special kind of fish is one of the suspects in a $143 million case.

The man nicknamed Bildo was well-known in poker circles for his starring role in a $5,000 NL cash game that was streamed on TCH Live. He was seen as an action player who didnt appear to have much in the way of skill, to put it mildly. But if he was making so much from his healthcare testing exploits then it probably didnt bother him too much! Damn shame hes going to have to pay it all back now.

Dating back as far as November 2017, names and social security numbers were acquired of people who were eligible for government-funded tests and then fraudulent invoices were billed to Medicare. Many of these people had already died when the alleged tests were supposed to have taken place, and names of doctors were used for tests that were never even requested.

The US Department of Justice claims that of the $88 million sum, $42 million was for COVID-19 tests that took advantage of government incentives. These tests likely did not take place, as one of the labs didnt even have the equipment necessary to perform the tasks.

Acting US Attorney David Clay Fowlkes said:

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