In 1997, 3 American hospital executives were indicted for submitting fraudulent expense reports on behalf of their hospital to the goverment for reimbursement. A previous governmental report claimed that more than $50 million worth of fraudulent claims were received per year.In 1995, the British national health service uncovered 960 fraudulent claims worth £6 million over the previous 3 years. Two agencies had submitted bills to the NHS for services that had not in fact been performed or hours not worked and phantom doctors.