So we’ve heard over and over that so-called “eco-terrorism” is the “number one domestic terrorist threat,†according to the FBI.
Interesting, then, how the FBI’s “Top Ten Stories For the Week Ending August 10, 2007,” places the “number one domestic terrorist threat” at… number two. Second to a health care fraud case.
1. Houston: Six Indicted for Health Care Fraud in Southeast Texas
Assessment Professionals submitted claims in the amount of $3,500,972.93 to Medicaid from September 2004 until August 2005 for individual and group therapeutic sessions to Medicaid-eligible adolescents for drug and alcohol abuse. Parties, complete with food and entertainment, were held in low-income neighborhoods and employees of Assessment Professionals would obtain the Medicaid numbers of the attendees. Progress notes were created and signed for each patient in order to make the billings appear legitimate. Full Story
2. Portland: Final Sentencing Hearing Held in Case of Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and Animal Liberation Front (ALF) for Acts of Eco-Terrorism in Five Western States
Ten defendants were sentenced for numerous arsons committed from 1996 through 2001 resulting in damages exceeding $40 million. The defendants acknowledge they and their group (known as “The Familyâ€) sought to influence and affect the conduct of government, private business, and the civilian population through force, violence, sabotage, mass destruction, intimidation, and coercion. This is the largest case of environmental extremists ever prosecuted in the United States. Full Story