U.S. Charges Georgian Man in Connection With Alleged $1.3B Health Care Fraud Scheme
The U.S. charged 33-year-old Georgian national Erekle Gugava, described as “an illegal alien from Georgia,” with conspiring to launder proceeds of a USD 1.3 billion health care fraud scheme, the U.S. Department of Justice said on September 4. According to charging documents cited by the DOJ, Gugava “was a money launderer” for a “transnational criminal …