COSTELLO: Now to your money, the Scooter Store from the tv commercials -</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: If you're living with limited mobility, call the Scooter Store today, we're experts at getting you the power chair or scooter you need.</s>COSTELLO: Now the Scooter Store is under investigation being accused of Medicare fraud. Their Texas offices have been raided, employees told to leave. Alison Kosik joins us from the New York stock exchange with more on this. Good morning.</s>ALISON KOSIK, CNN BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT: And everybody thought the Scooter Store is invincible. Kidding there. The FBI is staying quiet on the details, but we know over 100 law enforcement officials marched into that Scooter Store headquarters yesterday in New Braunfels, Texas and told the employees to go home. We also know that the Scooter Store has reported millions of dollars in Medicare over-payments, pretty much creative accounting, and it's already agreed to give $19.5 million back to the government. Medicare is in the process of cracking down on fraud. The program is especially concerned about paying for devices that are prescribed to people who don't need them. Medicare is trying harder than ever to stop medical equipment suppliers from abusing the system and they're sort of putting out some red flags to patients and sometimes these aren't necessarily fraudulent against the patients. It's more fraudulent against the government. Some telltale signs offering a free scooter or wheelchair, offering to waive co-payments or billing Medicare for equipment the patient never gets or after it's returned. Carol?</s>COSTELLO: Alison Kosik reporting live from the New York stock exchange. A tuba player at LSU really, really stood out in the student band. Now he's a standout on the, can you spot who the basketball player it? We'll be right back.
The Scooter Store Facing Medicare Fraud Allegations