Nation ‘Nationwide conspiracy’: Feds break up a $1.2B Medicare scam peddling braces April 10, 2019Kristin Lam, USA TODAYComments Off on ‘Nationwide conspiracy’: Feds break up a $1.2B Medicare scam peddling braces Federal agents on Tuesday broke up a $1.2 billion dollar Medicare scam that peddled unneeded orthopedic braces to seniors across the nation.