Alabama Man Sentenced in Multimillion-Dollar Healthcare Fraud Case
Another man has been sentenced in a series of cases involving multimillion-dollar healthcare fraud and kickback conspiracies. Earlier this week, US District Court Judge L. Scott Coogler sentenced John Alan…
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Pharmacy Owner and Associate Sentenced for Healthcare Fraud and Black-Market Prescription Drug Diversion Scheme
A pharmacy owner and an associate were sentenced for submitting false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and California Medicaid (Medi-Cal) for prescription drugs and engaging in a black-market prescription drug…
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Three Florida Labs Agree to Pay $2.45 Million to Settle False Claims Act Liability
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced that Vista Clinical Diagnostics, LLC; Access Dermpath, Inc.; and Advanced Clinical Laboratories, Inc. have agreed to pay the United States, the State of…
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Former Chairman of Emergency Medicine Charged for Allegedly Stealing Almost $1.5 Million
Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, together with New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang, announced that an emergency medicine doctor has been arraigned on an indictment in which he is…
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Rite Aid Corporation and Affiliates Agree to Settle False Claims Act and Controlled Substance Act Allegations
The Justice Department today announced that Rite Aid Corporation (Rite Aid) and 10 subsidiaries and affiliates have agreed to settle the government’s allegations under the False Claims Act (FCA) and…
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The Grand Health Care System and 12 Affiliated Skilled Nursing Facilities to Pay $21.3M
Strauss Ventures LLC, doing business as The Grand Health Care System, and 12 affiliated skilled nursing facilities (collectively, the Grand) have agreed to resolve allegations that they violated the False…
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Michigan AG Charges Detroit Woman with Medicaid Fraud
Deseraye Dejarnette, 29, of Detroit, was arraigned in the 54B District Court in Ingham County before Judge Lisa Babcock on one count of Medicaid Fraud – False Claim, a felony…
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Former Southeastern Connecticut Counselor Sentenced for Healthcare Fraud and Kickback Offenses
Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Jeffrey Slocum, 56, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to three years of probation, the first 12 months…
Read More »Ohio Healthcare Worker Changes Plea to ‘Guilty’ in Theft Case
A healthcare worker pleaded guilty to six felony charges on Monday in the Medina County Common Pleas Court, involving the theft of jewelry from two residents at the Western Reserve…
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Illinois Man Sentenced for Theft from Employer and Healthcare Fraud
An Illinois man, Aaron J. Rossi, 41, was sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay more than $3 million in restitution and fines for his scheme to…
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