 JJ Green, WTOP News. The Justice Department has announced a sweeping crackdown on healthcare schemes that fraudulently charged about $3 billion. CBS News correspondent Scott McFarland. This is a nationwide healthcare fraud enforcement action by the Department of Justice. Here at DOJ headquarters, the Attorney General says there are 193 defendants, including about 76 doctors and nurse practitioners. They're accused of fleecing taxpayers for services or pills that weren't needed.