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Sandra Haar, 59, of Merced, was sentenced on Monday by U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neil to five years in prison and ordered to pay $6,107,846 in restitution for healthcare…

United States Attorney Brandon J. Fremin announced that Louisiana-based home health companies Health Care Options, Inc. and Health Care Options of Lafayette, Inc.; Texas-based Home Care Options Houston, Inc.; and…

Two certified nursing assistants accused of stealing from nursing home residents have been disciplined by the Florida Department of Health.

Jamie L. Marchione, 37, who worked as a certified nursing assistant (CNA) has been charged with the theft of more than $2,000 from an 88-year-old woman in September and October.

Crispin Abarientos, M.D., 45, of Middletown, was sentenced to 37 months of imprisonment, followed by two years of supervised release, for defrauding Connecticut’s Medicaid program. According to court documents and…

A Salyersville, Kentucky, woman, Kelsie Spencer, 25, was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison, following her conviction for tampering with a controlled substance. According to Spencer’s plea agreement, while…

A Westlake man was sentenced to nearly five years in prison for his role in a conspiracy to defraud the Cleveland Clinic out of more than $2.7 million. Wisam Rizk…

Two metro-Atlanta chiropractors, Allan Spagnardi and Stacy Spagnardi, have been sentenced to federal prison for using their chiropractic clinic to commit healthcare fraud and for defrauding the Internal Revenue Service….

A 43-year-old Little Rock, AR man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown. According to information presented in court,…