A hospice that boasts an astonishing 97% survival rate for terminally ill patients is accused of defrauding Medicare of $7.45 million.

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The FBI arrested a couple on Thursday for allegedly fraudulently billing Medicare $7.45 million while running a hospice that reported a five-year survival rate of more than 97 percent. Federal officials told CBS News they were the first in a series of arrests planned for Thursday. Because most people enter hospice care in the final … Read more

Anger over developer’s plan to build $10 million mansion on illegally cleared land

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A property developer who illegally felled hundreds of native trees has submitted new plans to build a $10 million luxury mansion in Sydney’s south and cut down even more vegetation, despite being ordered to remediate environmentally friendly land. Amir Abu Abara, owner of the 7.4 hectare property in Baden Ridge, was fined $70,000 in July … Read more