NC Ambulance Company Manager Sentenced to Prison in Multimillion Dollar Fraud and Identity Theft Scheme
A federal judge sentenced a Greenville ambulance company manager to 64 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release on charges of Conspiracy to Commit Healthcare Fraud and Aggravated…
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Two Pennsylvania Defendants Sentenced in Multi-Million Dollar Healthcare Fraud Conspiracy
Two residents of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, were sentenced in federal court for conspiracy to defraud the Pennsylvania Medicaid program and healthcare fraud. United States District Judge Cathy Bissoon sentenced Larita Walls,…
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Florida Home Health CEO Arrested for Defrauding Medicaid out of More Than $200,000
Attorney General Ashley Moody’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office, along with the U.S. Marshall Fugitive Task Force, arrested a home and community-based services business…
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Washington DC Hospital Employee and Upper Marlboro Woman Charged in Separate Criminal Complaints with Defrauding Medicaid
Folashade Adufe Horne, 51, of Laurel, Maryland, and Sikirat Adunni Brown, 58, of Upper Marlboro, Maryland, were both arrested June 24 after being charged in federal court with defrauding the…
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Owner and Operator of Tennessee Drug Screening Lab Plead Guilty to Healthcare Fraud
Michael Norman Dube, 59, who operated American Toxicology Labs, pleaded guilty in the Western District of Virginia and the Eastern District of Kentucky to healthcare fraud charges. Dube’s wife, Regan…
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United States Files Suit against Drug Manufacturer Regeneron for Paying Kickbacks through Co-Pay Foundation
The US Attorney’s Office announced that the government has filed a civil False Claims Act complaint against drug manufacturer Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Regeneron), of Tarrytown, NY. The complaint alleges that…
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Virginia Doctor Accused of Doing Unnecessary Surgeries Now Faces More Than 60 Charges
A Chesapeake doctor accused of performing unnecessary surgeries as part of a healthcare fraud scheme now faces more than 60 charges, according to a recently unsealed indictment.
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Man Ordered to Pay $810k as Part of Sentence for Healthcare Fraud Involving Nebraskans
An Omaha man who got away with hundreds of thousands of dollars in Medicare money through healthcare frauds in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and a dozen other states has been…
Read More »Georgia Medical Center Agrees to Pay $2.625 Million to Settle False Claims Act Investigation
Augusta University Medical Center, Inc. (AUMC) has agreed to a settlement with the United States, the State of Georgia, and the State of South Carolina to resolve allegations that AUMC…
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Massachusetts Senior Home Worker Threatened to Spread Coronavirus
An employee at a Milford assisted living facility was taken off the job this week after threatening to spread coronavirus, according to the police log.
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