In a Oct. 27 Department of Justice court hearing, Alamedan Long Nguyen admitted he defrauded at least 20 individuals out of approximately $2 million over a six-year span. Nguyen, 35, pled guilty to four counts of wire fraud in the court hearing before United States District Judge Trina L.

It’s an unfortunate truth, but health care fraud drives up costs for everyone in the health care system. Fraud schemes often depend on identity thieves getting hold of people’s Medicare numbers. So guard your Medicare number. Treat it as you would a credit card. 

City Councilman Stewart Chen’s official biography offers the storybook journey of a man who emigrated from the Philippines as a teen and made his way onto the Alameda City Council, dedicating his time to a long list of Alameda and Oakland community organizations over more than a decade and, for a