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South Korea medical fraud crackdown

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In early July 2026, Seoul police seized five sites linked to the Jasaeng Korean Medicine Hospital and its parent foundation, accusing the network of filing fabricated insurance claims for traffic‑accident patients and extracting several hundred billion won from major auto insurers. Later that month, investigators moved to a private Seoul clinic, arresting two physicians for repeatedly injecting patients with narcotics and anesthetics for profit and secretly filming them while sedated. The operation uncovered dozens of illegal injections, illicit revenue worth billions of won, and violations of privacy law, leading to the seizure of the clinic and the forwarding of 14 suspects to prosecutors. In late July, prosecutors sought the confiscation of roughly 4.57 billion won generated by the scheme and pressed for severe penalties. The case also marked the first detection of illegal use of the sedative dexmedetomidine, prompting calls for health authorities to re‑classify the drug as a controlled narcotic. Both ~~actions reflect~~ phases illustrate an expanding law‑enforcement ~~effort targeting~~ drive against diverse forms of medical misconduct in South Korea, from insurance fraud in Korean‑medicine institutions to illegal drug ~~use and~~ use, privacy ~~breaches~~ breaches, and emerging drug‑misuse issues in private practices.

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