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Pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences, Inc., based in Foster City, Calif., has agreed to pay $97 million to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by illegally using a…

Neurosurgeon Sagi M. Kuznits, practice director Pnina Kuznits, and Neurosurgical Care LLC (collectively, “Kuznits”), have agreed to pay $1,017,375.03 to resolve liability under the False Claims Act for the alleged…

Lydia Cabrera, 37, of Southington, was sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for embezzling $370,000 from her employer. According to court documents and…

Dr. Thomas Hobbs and Dr. Vivian Carbone-Hobbs of Jefferson County were indicted with two members of their office staff, a former union representative of Anheuser-Busch In Bev, and five patients…

Dr. Richard Davidson (41, Boca Raton) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. Davidson has also agreed…

Thomas J. Whalen, D.O., 65, of Berwyn, PA, has agreed to pay the United States $1,257,499.00 to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that he submitted or caused the…

Scott McMahon, age 52, of Queensbury, New York, pled guilty to distributing controlled substances outside the course of professional practice and for no legitimate medical purpose, and to misusing personal…

A caretaker was arrested after he allegedly neglected and stole thousands of dollars from the 90-year-old New Jersey woman he took care of for nearly four years, authorities said.

James Poole, 37, a former emergency medical technician at Mercy Medical Center, pleaded guilty in federal court to stealing fentanyl and hydromorphone from dozens of vials used by ambulances in…

Kristy Brucz, 35, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud, was sentenced to serve two years’ probation and to pay restitution totaling $1,911.23. Between…