Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch, center, with Health and Human Service (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell, left, and FBI Director James Comey; 300 people were charged this year after a series of medical fraud sting operations. (Photo: AP)

(Bloomberg) — The U.S. charged 300 people this year in a series of medical fraud sting operations, the most ever, for allegedly running scams that bilked the government out of $900 million.

Takedowns so far this year have involved medical clinics, home health-care services and shell companies that submitted fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid claims for tens of millions of dollars at a time, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell and other U.S. officials announced Wednesday.

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