Michigan Woman Pleads Guilty to Theft of Public Money Designated for CARES Act
A Michigan woman has pled guilty to stealing government funds that were designated to aid medical providers in the treatment of patients suffering from COVID-19 and acknowledged using the money…
Read More »Louisiana Woman Arrested for Stealing from Nursing Home Resident
A Louisiana woman was arrested on January 31, 2022, for allegedly stealing from a resident where she was employed. The woman is charged with 259 counts of access device fraud,…
Read More »Three Individuals Charged for Providing Fraudulent COVID-19 Vaccination Cards for Employment Purposes
A mother and her two daughters have been charged for providing fraudulent COVID-19 vaccination cards to maintain and obtain employment at a New York nursing home. The individuals have each…
Read More »New York Optician Convicted of Medicaid Fraud for Nursing Home Residents
A New York optician has pled guilty to grand larceny for submitting false claims for optician services that he alleged were for specific nursing home residents, but which were never…
Read More »Virginia Medical Staffing Agency Violated Fair Labor Standards Act
A Virginia based medical staffing agency was found to have intentionally violated federal laws and denied 1,105 certified nurse’s aides, licensed practical nurses, and registered nurses their rightfully earned overtime…
Read More »Kentucky Hospital Settles with US Attorney Office for Allegation of Violating ADA
A Kentucky hospital’s outpatient clinic settled with the US Attorney’s Office to resolve allegations of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). It is alleged that the outpatient clinic was…
Read More »University Medical Science Department Discovers Breach of Patient Information
A university’s medical sciences department discovered that a former employee sent emails from her university email account to her personal Gmail account that contained names and other personal and protected…
Read More »Workers at California Hospital File Suit against Their Employer for Chemical Exposure
Five Environmental Services (EVS) workers from a California hospital filed a lawsuit against their employer for forcing them to use a corrosive cleaner to perform cleaning duties. The lawsuit states…
Read More »Three Private Ambulance Services Allegedly Violated the False Claims Act
In a two month time span, December 2021 thru January 2022, three privately owned ambulance services entered into a settlement with the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for allegedly violating…
Read More »Missouri Woman Sentenced for Medicare and Medicaid Fraud
A Missouri woman who had previously pled guilty to Medicare and Medicaid fraud was sentenced in Federal Court to three years imprisonment and ordered to pay $7,620,779 in restitution. Between…
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