The U.S. authorities have recently made a decision to transfer the members of the Armenian white collar criminal network from Los Angeles to New York, the Zhamanak daily reports referring to its sources in the U.S.

As the U.S. law stands, the court will increase the severity of punishment. According to the information at the daily’s disposal, the Armenian crime boss Armen Kazarian, nicknamed "Pzo" is in prison hospital.

The source says Arthur Yepiskoposyan, the son of Armenian Colonel Zarmik Yepiskoposyan, is also among the arrested Armenian criminals. Yepiskoposyan was the former Chief of Police of Nor Nork district in Yerevan

As reported previously, Armenian white collar criminals and their associates used phantom health care clinics and other means to try to cheat Medicare out of $163 million, the largest fraud by one criminal enterprise in the program’s history. The operation was under the protection of an Armenian crime boss Armen Kazarian, nicknamed Pzo. He was also among the first arrestees in Los Angeles.