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    Old Spin on Health Care Fraud Bust Returns

    by Saranac Hale Spencer Aug 31, 2018 2 minutes

    Q: Were “412 Michigan Muslims arrested in fed’s ‘largest bust in U.S. history'”?

    A: No. Only about 30 of those arrests were made in Michigan, and there is no evidence all of the individuals arrested were Muslim.

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