NYC Transportation Company Owner and Driver Arrested for Defrauding Medicaid of over $1 Million

Attorney General Letitia James announced the indictment and arrest of the owner of Purple Heart Transportation (“Purple Heart”), Sean Ally, 44, as well as the indictment and arrest of a…

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Massachusetts Nurse Pleads Guilty to Drug Tampering

A Haverhill licensed practical nurse pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to drug tampering. Lauren Perrin, 47, pleaded guilty to one count of tampering with a consumer product, specifically…

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Doctor and Physician Practice to Pay $178,000 to Resolve False Claims

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced that Richard P. Frey, D.O., and Physicians Alliance Ltd. (“PAL”) have agreed to pay $178,398.35 to resolve liability under the False Claims…

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Connecticut Woman Embezzled $150,000 from Nursing Home Residents

Melissa Meole, 34, of North Branford, was arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging her with multiple embezzlement, fraud and identity theft offenses. Meole appeared before US Magistrate Judge Robert…

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Four People Charged in $99 Million Healthcare Fraud and Kickback Scheme

Four people have been charged for their roles in conspiracies to commit healthcare fraud and wire fraud and to pay kickbacks to doctors and doctors’ employees. Alex Fleyshmakher, 33, of…

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Two Ohio Women Accused of Abusing 94-Year-Old Nursing Home Resident

Two women face a charge that they abused a 94-year-old resident of a Canal Winchester nursing home while working there.

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Florida Caretaker Accused of Defrauding Elderly Patient

Authorities arrested a caretaker from suburban Boynton Beach last week, alleging she stole nearly $3,000 from a client.

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Illinois Nursing Home Employee Steals Visitors’ Credit Cards

A nursing home employee is accused of stealing credit cards and blank checks from residents’ visitors and then going on a shopping spree.

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Florida: Facility Owner gets 20 Years for $1B Medicare Fraud

A federal district judge sentenced Philip Esformes, 50, a south Florida healthcare facility owner to 20 years in prison after being found guilty in the largest healthcare fraud scheme charged…

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Vietnam Vet Dies after Mass Ant Attack in Nursing Home Bed

A Vietnam War veteran was bitten more than 100 times all over his body by ants while he lay in poor health in his bed on the campus of an Atlanta Veteran Affairs hospital…

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