"$1.7 billion dollars"

"Eight whistleblowers have been honored for uncovering breathtaking fraud..."

"...stealing millions, if not billions of dollars"

"HCA agreed to pay $631 million dollars to settle Medicare fraud charges. HCA had already paid millions in a previous settlement." 

"...will plead guilty to criminal conduct..."

"...involving alleged fraudulent billing and kickbacks." 

"The justice department's criminal investigation is still under way"

"Columbia HCA Healthcare agreed today to pay $745 million dollars to settle charges of fraud in Medicare billing." 

"Good old-fashioned fraud."

"They took action to keep the documents confidential. They would stamp them 'CONFIDENTIAL - DO NOT DISCUSS OR RELEASE TO MEDICARE AUDITORS.'...There's no such thing as a confidential document from a Medicare auditor." 

"The allegations don't stop there..."

"Executives of Columbia HCA have already been indicted on charges of massive overbilling of Medicare." 

"More indictments on the way..."

"A massive federal investigation of Columbia HCA is underway now. Three company executives have already been indicted." 

"...systematic criminal fraud."

"The combination of  gaming and outright theft has put Medicare's finances and the treatment of seniors at risk." 

"We are executing a search warrant."

Federal investigators name Columbia HCA Chairman Rick Scott the "prime target" of their investigation.

“Don’t look now but your pocket is being picked."

"It involves hundreds of FBI agents, truck loads of documents, 40 search warrants served in 6 states. It's the largest Medicare fraud investigation ever, and it targets America's largest hospital chain: Columbia HCA."