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A 25-year-old woman is potentially facing 99 felony charges and 11 misdemeanor charges after admitting to withholding vital medication and stealing from elderly people at care homes the last five to six years. 

John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Phillip Coyne, Special Agent in Charge for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General,…

A 34-year-old St. Joseph woman is accused of stealing Oxycodone from patients at a nursing home and replacing the pills with melatonin, according to a criminal complaint filed Aug. 26…

An assisted living facility employee was arrested for allegedly stealing residents’ credit and debit cards and using them to make purchases for herself.

Rezik Saqer, 66, a Houston-area physician and anesthesiologist at two registered pain clinics, Texas Pain Solutions and Integra Medical Clinic, was sentenced to seven years in prison for his role…

Wagner Checonolasco, a/k/a “Wanny,” 33, of Lyndhurst, New Jersey, was charged for his role in stealing prescription HIV medication from the pharmacy of the East Orange VA Medical Center. From…

Peter M. McCoy, Jr., US Attorney for the District of South Carolina, and Bobby L. Christine, US Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, announced today that more than 40…

The owner and operator of a Hamilton pain clinic was sentenced in US District Court for illegally distributing controlled substances, committing healthcare fraud and violating the anti-kickback statute. Nilesh Jobalia,…

Physical therapist Hatem Behiry was sentenced to 24 months in prison for his participation in a $30 million scheme to defraud Medicare and the New York State Medicaid Program. Between…