02-22-2013, 09:40 AM
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FBI Raids "The Scooter Store", Claims Hundreds Of Millions Of Gov't Money Defrauded
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/busin...r-store/62383/
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Approximately 150 federal and state law enforcement agents launched a massive raid on one of the biggest perpetrators of government fraud in America: The Scooter Store. Yes, that's right. The nation's largest provider of single-person electric vehicles and power chairs is the target of a federal investigation, probably because many of the people who ride around their "personal mobility devices" don't actually need them.
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Settle down there, Temple Grandin.
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02-22-2013, 10:27 AM
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RealtorŪ
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Calgary
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Too bad they cant go after the "fakers" as well.
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02-22-2013, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Realtor 1
Too bad they cant go after the "fakers" as well.
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At least they'd be easy to catch.
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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Settle down there, Temple Grandin.
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02-22-2013, 10:56 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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I always wondered about those late night commercials.
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02-22-2013, 11:06 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
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Probably Obama's fault.
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02-22-2013, 11:14 AM
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So one of the most obese countries in the world has a problem with people using scooters, that don't need them. Hard to believe.
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02-22-2013, 11:22 AM
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This is what happens when you don't offer free scooters!
CHAOS!
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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Settle down there, Temple Grandin.
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02-22-2013, 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by PsYcNeT
This is what happens when you don't offer free scooters!
CHAOS!
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Doggystyle, you're doing it wrong.
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Corporal Jean-Marc H. BECHARD, 6 Aug 1993
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Just ignore me...I'm in a mood today.
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02-22-2013, 11:33 AM
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Norm!
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Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
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02-22-2013, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by troutman
Probably Obama's fault.
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Was on a plane last night from Dallas to Orlando sitting beside a guy reading Bill O'Reilly while telling his teenage son that life for him will be tougher than his own because of that Muslim Obama. Texas accent and everything
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02-22-2013, 11:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
Was on a plane last night from Dallas to Orlando sitting beside a guy reading Bill O'Reilly while telling his teenage son that life for him will be tougher than his own because of that Muslim Obama. Texas accent and everything
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Settle down there, Temple Grandin.
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02-22-2013, 11:47 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Originally Posted by troutman
Probably Obama's fault.
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02-22-2013, 11:52 AM
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Monster Storm
Join Date: Apr 2007
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Came in looking for fat girl/bk drive thru/ scooter photo.
Left satisfied.
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Shameless self promotion
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02-22-2013, 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by troutman
Probably Obama's fault.
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Nope. It's Tom Cruise's fault, without a doubt.
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02-22-2013, 05:54 PM
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http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/...chair-miracles
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Originally Posted by 'NPR
Reporter Patrick Danner of the Express-News spoke with NPR's Melissa Block this afternoon. Details of the search warrant that was served on the company are under seal, he said. But in the past, the issue has been that the company's chairs may have been "prescribed to elderly people who don't have a legitimate need for them" and whether the company, as the former salesman told CBS This Morning, plays any part in that process. He noted that the company has never admitted any wrongdoing. Part of their conversation will be on today's All Things Considered. We'll add the audio to the top of this post later today.
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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Settle down there, Temple Grandin.
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02-22-2013, 06:27 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
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Not shocked at all, we'll maybe a little that the US Gov't actually did something. Medical fraud down there is a booming industry, with people setting up display stores that are never open and performing mail fraud charging millions in never used equipment.
This is the place that advertises during price is right and claims if insurance turns you down, they'll get you approved, no questions. About as blatant as you can get.
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02-22-2013, 06:31 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Originally Posted by surferguy
Came in looking for fat girl/bk drive thru/ scooter photo.
Left satisfied.
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Ditto. For a second there I thought I was going to have to try and find it!
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02-22-2013, 10:44 PM
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First Line Centre
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Further more from the article
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Unfortunately, the FBI won't be going after the handful of customers who know they don't need a scooter or wheelchair, but still want the government to buy them one. Sort of like the people at airports who experience "wheelchair miracles" leaping up and running to their gate after an airport employee has helpfully pushed them most of the way. Officials at Los Angeles International Airport estimate that 15 percent of the people who request wheelchair assistance are faking it, because they want to skip lines and get on board their flights faster.
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People really do this?
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02-23-2013, 01:15 AM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Portland, OR
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Originally Posted by c.t.ner
People really do this?
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It's a great way to save time at amusement parks, as well. My son and daughter fight over who gets to wear the cast. 
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