Arizona Urgent Care Provider Convicted of Healthcare Fraud and Ordered to Pay $12.5 Million
UCXtra Umbrella, LLC, was sentenced to pay $12,500,000 in restitution. UCXtra Umbrella, LLC, which did business in Arizona under the name “Urgent Care Extra,” owned and operated a network of…
Read More »Hidden Camera Allegedly Captured California Caregiver Striking 91-Year-Old Bedridden Woman 150 Times
A hidden camera allegedly captured a caregiver striking a 91-year-old bedridden woman more than 150 times over a 4-day period, Costa Mesa Police said Thursday.
Read More »Florida Home Health Company Agrees to Pay $300,000 to Resolve Allegations of Illegal Kickback Scheme
Home Health Care of Florida, LLC has agreed to pay $300,000 to resolve allegations that it engaged in a kickback scheme related to the referral of Medicare patients for home…
Read More »Missouri woman sentenced in death of man found in concrete gets 17.5 years in prison
Sherry Paulo was sentenced in federal court Tuesday to 17.5 years in prison for causing the death of Carl DeBrodie then trying to cover up his death.
Read More »Oregon Medical Practice Employee Pleads Guilty to Tax Crimes, Bank Fraud
Anndrea D. Jacobs, 49, the former office manager and bookkeeper for a La Grande, Oregon medical practice, pleaded guilty to filing a false personal income tax return, falsely impersonating an…
Read More »Illinois Woman Sentenced for Elder Abuse in Medication Theft Incident in 2019
A woman arrested in Cass County for elder abuse and theft of a controlled substance is heading to prison.
Read More »Former West Virginia EMT Pleads Guilty to Stealing Controlled Substances
A Putnam County man, Kelly Keene, 49, pled guilty to stealing fentanyl and morphine. Keene admitted that while he was employed as a Putnam County Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) in…
Read More »Tennessee Woman Indicted on Identity Theft and TennCare Fraud Charges
An investigation by Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s Medicaid Fraud Control Division and the Tazewell Police Department has resulted in the indictment of a Knoxville woman on…
Read More »Head of NY Medical Clinics Sentenced to 156 Months in Prison for Multimillion-Dollar Money Laundering and Healthcare Kickbacks
Aleksandr Pikus, 45, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced to 156 months in prison for his role in a vast multimillion-dollar healthcare kickback and money laundering conspiracy. He was also…
Read More »New Hampshire Nursing Home Caregiver Charged with Identity Fraud
A Bow woman has been charged with stealing the identities of four elderly people who lived at the long-term care facility where she worked, the latest in a series of theft and identity fraud charges.
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