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The Justice Department on Thursday announced charges against 601 people, including 76 physicians, for allegedly taking part in multi-billion-dollar profit-making schemes involving opioid painkillers.

The arrests come as the result of what the department called the largest heath care fraud takedown ever in the U.S., with Attorney General Jeff Sessions calling the crimes “despicable” in a statement.

“In many cases, doctors, nurses and pharmacists take advantage of people suffering from drug addiction in order to line their pockets,” Sessions stated.

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