Ohio Woman Sentenced for Not Paying Employment Taxes
A 51-year-old woman was sentenced for issuing payments to herself, using funds withheld from paychecks, instead of making required quarterly employment tax payments. Source:…
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Quest Diagnostics, Inc. Pays over $13 Million to Settle Allegations of Providing Illegal Kickbacks to Doctors and Health Care Executives
Quest Diagnostics, Inc., based in Secaucus, New Jersey, has paid $13,014,576 plus interest to resolve allegations that Quest submitted false claims to the Medicare…
Continue ReadingCalifornia Laboratory and Its Owner Pay $1.25M to Settle Allegations of Kickbacks to Marketers
Clinical laboratory Lab Genomics LLC based in Fountain Valley, California, and its owner, Leena Dalal, have agreed to pay $1.25 million to the United…
Continue ReadingCalifornia Laboratory and Its Owner Pay $1.25M to Settle Allegations of Kickbacks to Marketers
Clinical laboratory Lab Genomics LLC based in Fountain Valley, California, and its owner, Leena Dalal, have agreed to pay $1.25 million to the United…
Continue ReadingIndian National Pleads Guilty to $227M Medicare Fraud
An Indian national pleaded guilty today to a $227 million Medicare fraud scheme in which hundreds of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries’ personally identifiable information…
Continue ReadingFlorida Pharmacist Sentenced to Over 7 Years in Prison for Massive Illegal Oxycodone Distribution Conspiracy
A Florida pharmacist and pharmacy owner was sentenced yesterday to 90 months in prison for her role in illegally dispensing over 300,000 oxycodone 30mg…
Continue ReadingBotox Fraud Doctor Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for $45M Medicare Scheme
California doctor Violetta Mailyan was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison for using her medical practice to fraudulently bill Medicare more than $45…
Continue ReadingVirginia Mental Health Professional Charged in $49M Medicaid Fraud Scheme
A federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia returned an indictment on Oct. 20 against Mikia Antoneice Noble, 37, of North Chesterfield,…
Continue ReadingNew York Woman Charged With $1.1M Check Cashing Scheme
Xue Fang Cheng, 55, of New York, was arrested today after a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of New York returned an…
Continue ReadingFugitive Fraudster Herb Kimble Sentenced to 20 Years for International Healthcare Fraud Scheme
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Herbert Leon Kimble, 60, of Chicago, has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for conspiracy to defraud the United States…
Continue ReadingTelemedicine Company Owner Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for $46M Medicare Fraud Scheme
The owner of a telemedicine company was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for organizing and leading a $46.2 million Medicare fraud conspiracy…
Continue ReadingHarlingen couple sentenced in multimillion-dollar Medicare fraud scheme
The operators of a durable medical equipment company have been sentenced for defrauding Medicare Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingColorado Man Charged in Health Care Fraud Scheme
A Colorado man who owned and directed a New Jersey-based allergy practice was indicted on health care fraud charges. Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingBucks County Man Charged With Threatening to Assault and Murder a Member of the United States Congress
PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that Aaron Michael McComsey, 44, of Perkasie, Pennsylvania, was arrested today and charged by indictment with…
Continue ReadingPhiladelphia Restaurateur Indicted for Employment Tax Fraud
PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Attorney David Metcalf announced that Charles Weiner, 79, of Penn Valley, Pennsylvania, was charged by indictment with one count of conspiracy…
Continue ReadingSomerset Lifesciences Inc. Agrees to Pay $4M to Resolve Allegations of Causing Medicare to Pay Claims for its Mislabeled Generic Drug
Somerset Lifesciences Inc. (Somerset) has agreed to pay $4 million to resolve common law claims for causing Medicare Part D (Medicare) to pay for…
Continue ReadingTwo Florida defendants sentenced to prison for nearly $900,000 health care scam
Two defendants received prison sentences following an $897,405 health care scheme where they used their pharmaceutical service to bill Medicare for thousands of unnecessary…
Continue ReadingThe United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee Joins DOJ Fraud Division, IRS, and IRS-CI in National Tax Enforcement Surge Exposing Tax Fraud
NASHVILLE – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee announced charges as part of nationwide enforcement actions led by the Justice Department’s…
Continue ReadingConnecticut Physician and His Practices Pay More Than $860K to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
STEVEN MURPHY, M.D. and his practices, MURPHY MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, LLC and DIAGNOSTIC AND MEDICAL SPECIALISTS OF GREENWICH, LLC, located in Stamford, have entered into…
Continue ReadingMassachusetts Doctor Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Participation in Multimillion-Dollar Medicare Fraud Scheme and for Violating the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute
A Massachusetts doctor was sentenced for her role in telemedicine health care fraud and kickback schemes that resulted in more than $40 million in…
Continue ReadingMinnesota Woman Convicted in $3.6M Scheme to Defraud Medicaid Housing Services Program
ST. PAUL – United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced that a federal jury in St. Paul convicted a Minnesota woman yesterday for executing…
Continue ReadingMaryland Man Facing Federal Indictment for Role in COVID-19 Healthcare Fraud Scheme Totaling More Than $100M
Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal grand jury indicted a Maryland man, today, in connection with a COVID-19 healthcare fraud scam. Marc Aaron Potash, 57,…
Continue ReadingMedical Supply Company Owner Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for $30M Medicare, TRICARE, and CHAMPVA Fraud
An Oklahoma business owner and chiropractor was sentenced yesterday to 14 years in prison for his role in a years-long scheme that attempted to…
Continue ReadingFlorida Laboratory Vice President and Marketer Convicted of Medicare Fraud for COVID-19 Testing Scheme
Yesterday, a federal jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted a Florida man who was the Vice President of a testing laboratory and…
Continue ReadingMinnesota Woman Convicted in $3.6M Scheme to Defraud Medicaid Housing Services Program
A federal jury in St. Paul convicted a Minnesota woman yesterday for executing a scheme to steal $3.6 million from the now-defunct Minnesota Medicaid…
Continue ReadingJustice Department Moves to Strip Citizenship from 40 Criminals in Largest Single-Period Filing Under the Trump Administration
The Department of Justice announced today that it has filed denaturalization actions in multiple U.S. district courts against 40 individuals accused of serious offenses,…
Continue ReadingHouston tax preparer admits to multiple tax fraud schemes
A 40-year-old Houston woman has pleaded guilty to tax offenses involving businesses and the preparation of false tax returns Source: U.S. Department of Justice
Continue ReadingGulf coast physician faces False Claims Act lawsuit in alleged Medicare fraud
A Bay City physician faces a False Claims Act lawsuit alleging he fraudulently billed Medicare nearly $500,000 for surgical neurostimulator electrode implantations Source: U.S.…
Continue ReadingGeorgia Man Sentenced for Using Defunct Trucking Company to Steal More Than $170,000 in COVID-19 Relief Funds
Preston Fleming, 68, of Ducula, Georgia was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 6-months of home confinement in connection with a scheme to…
Continue ReadingGeorgia Man Sentenced for Using Defunct Trucking Company to Steal More Than $170,000 in COVID-19 Relief Funds
Preston Fleming, 68, of Ducula, Georgia was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 6-months of home confinement in connection with a scheme to…
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