Private ambulances under fire in Philly. TV station joins feds in probing potential fraud.

Last month the U.S. Attorney in Philadelphia announced that four private ambulance companies in the Philly area had been indicted on fraud charges. They are accused of billing Medicare for carrying patients who did not need an ambulance for transport. It turns out, at the same time, WTFX-TV’s Jeff Cole had been investigating the ambulance companies since 2009. The station says the U.S. Attorney requested the TV reports to be put on hold so as not to jeopardize the federal investigation. Part 1 of the stations two-part series has now aired. Click above to watch it.