Vahan Stepanian, who was wanted for his alleged involvement in a health care fraud which billed Medicare for approximately U.S. $ 100 million, voluntarily surrendered to police on October 15, Voice of America reports.

Stepanian allegedly played a leadership role in the network of Armenian criminals and was part of a conspiracy to obtain credit cards in other peoples’ names. He also allegedly falsified his immigration forms. A federal arrest warrant was issued for Stepanian in the Southern District of New York on September 30, 2010, and he was charged with racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit credit card fraud.

As NEWS.am reported previously, a large network of Armenian criminals and their associates used phantom health care clinics and other means, cheating Medicare out of $163 million, Associated Press reports.

The operation was under the protection of an Armenian crime boss Armen Kazaryan, residing in Los Angeles.