Kentucky Doctor and Assistant Plead Guilty to Unlawfully Distributing Opioids via Facebook Messenger
A Kentucky doctor and his former office assistant pleaded guilty on Aug. 7 for their roles in unlawfully distributing opioids and other controlled substances during a time when the defendants did not have a legitimate medical practice.
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Former Arkansas Nursing Home Owner Arrested for Stealing Residents’ Money
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced the arrest of Keith Alan Head, the former owner of Prescott Manor Nursing Center in Prescott, by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit….
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California failed to test some of the most regular nursing home visitors: inspectors
Despite requiring routine testing of residents and employees, there’s one group California health officials have knowingly sent from nursing home to nursing home without first testing them for the lethal…
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X-ray of Man’s Genitalia Possibly Shared Online by PA Image Company Employee
Fairview Township Police have opened a criminal case after an imaging company reported an employee may have shared an X-ray of a man’s genitalia on a Facebook group.
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Former VA Hospital Nursing Assistant Admits to Murdering 7 Veterans and Assault with Intent to Commit Murder of an 8th
A former nursing assistant pled guilty in federal court to murder and assault charges in the deaths of eight veterans at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Clarksburg, West…
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Nursing Home Patient Discovered Dead in Tent While Waiting for COVID-19 Test in Utah
A 71-year-old man was found dead in the parking lot on Sunday while waiting for a COVID-19 test at the Intermountain Healthcare clinic in North Ogden.
Read More »Alabama Man Allegedly Stole Ambulance from Nursing Home
The Trussville Police Department released the identity of a man suspected of stealing an ambulance from a nursing home.
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Pain Clinic Owner Extradited from Italy
On June 26, the United States successfully completed the extradition process of Luca Sartini, 60, from Italy, with the United States Marshals Service effectuating the transportation of Sartini from Rome…
Read More »WV Woman Who Faked Death to Avoid Sentencing Will Serve 42 Months in Federal Prison for Healthcare Fraud
Julie M. Wheeler, 43, of Beckley, was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for federal healthcare fraud. After serving her prison sentence, she will be placed on supervised release…
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Fort Worth Mansion Burned down When Doctor Tried to Destroy Evidence of Medical Fraud
Melissa Kuper fired up the backyard fireplace on a fall day, but it wasn’t to stay warm, according to prosecutors.
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