Nursing home companies accused of misusing federal money received hundreds of millions of dollars in pandemic relief
For-profit nursing home providers that have faced accusations of Medicare fraud and kickbacks, labor violations or widespread failures in patient care received hundreds of millions of dollars in “no strings…
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VP of Genetics Company Pleads Guilty to Paying Physicians Sham Clinical Research Fees
Donald Joseph Matthews, the former Vice President of Market Development for Proove Biosciences. Inc., pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to pay physicians kickbacks to order genetic tests for…
Read More »Executive Charged with Skimming $1.1 Million from Federally Insured Nursing Homes
The owner of several Illinois nursing homes has been indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly skimming money from federally insured facilities that had defaulted on mortgage loans to…
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Florida Doctor Charged in Massive $681 Million Substance Abuse Treatment Fraud Scheme
A Palm Beach County, Florida doctor was arrested and charged with conspiring to commit healthcare fraud and wire fraud for his alleged participation in a massive years-long healthcare fraud scheme…
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Alabama Doctor Charged in Prescription Drug Billing Scheme
A Mobile-area Alabama doctor was indicted in a long-running investigation into a prescription drug-billing scheme involving a Haleyville, Ala.-based pharmacy, Northside Pharmacy doing business as Global Compounding Pharmacy. An 11-count…
Read More »MI Couple Charged with Tax Evasion and Healthcare Fraud Offenses and Physician Charged in Healthcare Fraud Conspiracy
A superseding indictment was unsealed charging Isabel Tcruz and Noli Tcruz with tax evasion and multiple healthcare fraud offenses, and charging Dr. Terry S. Baul with participating in a healthcare…
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Two California Women Charged with Healthcare Fraud Scheme at Wisconsin Nursing Homes
Lauryn Nelson, 40, San Pedro, California, and Marie De La Torre, 50, Corona, California, are charged with conspiring to commit healthcare fraud, and De La Torre is also charged with…
Read More »Pharmaceutical Company Agrees to Pay $3.5 Million to Resolve Allegations of Violating False Claims Act
Pacira Pharmaceuticals Inc. will pay $3.5 million to resolve allegations that it paid kickbacks to doctors in the form of bogus research grants to induce them to prescribe its analgesic…
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US Attorneys in TX and AG Paxton Partner to Warn Consumers of Fraudsters Selling Counterfeit, Mislabeled, and Non-Existent PPE
US Attorney John F. Bash joined fellow US Attorneys in Texas—Ryan K. Patrick in the Southern District, Erin Nealy Cox in the Northern District and Stephen J. Cox in the…
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Former Arkansas Nursing Home Owner Arrested for Stealing Residents’ Money
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced the arrest of Keith Alan Head, the former owner of Prescott Manor Nursing Center in Prescott, by the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit….
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