US Police Stop Big Health Care Theft

美國警方制止醫療保健大額盜款案


Introduction

The US government is stopping people who steal money from health care.

美國政府正在阻止盜取醫療保健資金的人。

Main Body

Police caught a man named Ibrahim Hilmi. He stole $3.7 billion. He used fake companies to get money for medical tools.

警方逮捕了一名名為 Ibrahim Hilmi 的男子。他盜取了 37 億美元。他利用假公司來獲取醫療器材的資金。

Many other people are in trouble too. Police charged 455 people. These people stole more than $6.5 billion. The FBI is looking for more bad people in other countries.

許多其他人也陷入困境。警方起訴了 455 人。這些人盜取了超過 65 億美元。FBI 正在其他國家尋找更多犯罪分子。

The government now uses new computers and AI. These tools find the theft before the money leaves. This stops bad people from buying expensive cars and houses with stolen money.

政府現在使用新電腦和 AI。這些工具在資金流出前就能發現盜款。這防止了不法分子用盜取資金購買名車和豪宅。

Conclusion

The US government will find the other thieves and use technology to protect the money.

美國政府將會找出其他竊賊,並利用科技來保護資金。

Vocabulary Learning

🔍 The 'Money' Pattern

In this story, we see how to describe taking things and stopping things.

1. Simple Action Words

  • Steal → To take something that is not yours.
  • Stop → To make someone end an action.
  • Find → To see something you were looking for.

2. How to talk about 'People' Notice how the text describes people in different ways:

  • A man (One person) → People (Many persons)
  • Bad people (Description + Person)
  • Thieves (A special word for people who steal)

3. Quick Grammar Tip: The 'S' Look at these words from the text:

  • Cars
  • Houses
  • Computers

When we have more than one, we just add -s at the end.

Example: One car \rightarrow Many cars One house \rightarrow Many houses

Vocabulary Learning

theft (n.)
The act of stealing something
Example:The police are investigating the theft of the money.
fake (adj.)
Not real; made to look like something else to trick people
Example:He used a fake name to open the bank account.
charged (v.)
To officially accuse someone of a crime
Example:The police charged the man with stealing money.
expensive (adj.)
Costing a lot of money
Example:He bought an expensive car with the stolen money.
thieves (n.)
People who steal things
Example:The police are looking for the thieves.
Practice A2 words in a crossword