California Home Healthcare Aide Charged with Credit Card Fraud in Scheme Targeting Elderly Couple
A criminal complaint was unsealed in federal court charging Heidi Suzanne Miller with credit card fraud in an alleged scheme to abuse her role as a home healthcare aide to…
Read More »Veterans Affairs respiratory therapist pleads guilty to stealing and selling COVID-19 respiratory supplies
A respiratory therapist at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) in Seattle pleaded guilty to theft of government property. Gene Wamsley, 41, of Bonney Lake, Washington, admitted stealing a ventilator…
Read More »Idaho Man Convicted of Healthcare Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft
Scott Alexander Laney, 38, of Boise, was convicted of healthcare fraud and aggravated identity theft following a bench trial. During the five-day trial, the Court heard evidence that Laney executed…
Read More »San Diego Laboratory Phamatech Agrees to Pay $3 Million to Settle Fraudulent Medicare Billing Case
San Diego-based Phamatech, Inc. and its CEO and founder, Tuan Pham, have agreed to pay $3,043,484 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims…
Read More »Massachusetts Registered Nurse Pleads Guilty to Drug Diversion
A Dighton registered nurse pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to drug tampering. Marietta Strickland, 61, pleaded guilty to one count of tampering with a consumer product, specifically…
Read More »Three Defendants Charged in Multi-Million Dollar Medicare Fraud Scheme
Nathan LaParl, 34, of Boca Raton, Fla., and Talia Alexandre, 30, of Palm Springs, Fla., were each charged by Information in connection with a multi-million dollar Medicare fraud scheme, bringing…
Read More »New York Physical Therapy Providers Settle Civil Healthcare Fraud Allegations
Williamsburg Physical Therapy, P.C. and Euro Physical Therapy, P.C. have agreed to pay the United States and the State of New York $4 million to resolve civil allegations that they…
Read More »Wisconsin Pain Management Companies to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
The Department of Justice announced that Advanced Pain Management Holdings Inc. (APMH), its wholly-owned subsidiaries, APM Wisconsin MSO (“APM MSO”) and Advanced Pain Management LLC (APM LLC); and Advanced Pain…
Read More »Illinois Nursing Home Worker Stole Money from Residents, Police Say
Mattoon police have arrested a Charleston woman they say stole a LINK card and money from residents of a Mattoon nursing home where she worked.
Read More »Maryland National Institutes of Health Employee Pleads Guilty to Committing Healthcare Fraud
Janet Olatimbo Akindipe, 62, of Laurel, Maryland, pleaded guilty to defrauding the DC Medicaid program out of more than a quarter million dollars. Akindipe has worked as a full-time employee…
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