Senior Living Facility Caregiver Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison for Defrauding 92-Year-Old Victim
Tucson, Ariz. — On September 27, 2019, U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer Zipps sentenced Faye Ann Singer to 18 months in prison for defrauding a 92-year-old vulnerable- victim. The court…
Read More »
Registered Nurse Charged with Abuse of a Vulnerable Adult
Attorney General T.J. Donovan announced that Dermot Hanna, 59, of Rutland, Vermont, was arraigned on September 30, 2019, on two counts of Abuse of a Vulnerable Adult and two counts…
Read More »
Nurse Aide Accused of Hurting Two Residents at Georgia Nursing Home
Jatoria Johnson, 22, was arrested Tuesday after being accused of assaulting two residents at a Georgia nursing home.
Read More »Former Ohio Nurse Aides Indicted for Alleged Abuse of 94-Year-Old Woman
A Franklin County Grand Jury has indicted Roberta I. Bower, 28, and Makiah Chane’I Halsell, 22, in connection to the June 3, 2018 abuse of a 94-year-old victim.
Read More »
DOJ Crackdown on Nursing Homes to Include Criminal Counts
The Department of Justice is making a push this fall to identify criminal charges that can be brought alongside civil actions against nursing homes and staff accused of abusing and…
Read More »Maggots on New York Nursing Home Resident’s Foot
Krysten Schmidt has been a nurse for 25 years and last week, when she went to visit her 89-year-old grandmother at Premier Genesee nursing home, she saw something she had…
Read More »Midwest Healthcare Fraud Law Enforcement Action Results in Charges against 53 Individuals
Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced a healthcare fraud law enforcement action in Detroit, Chicago and Minnesota. Charges were filed against 20 individuals…
Read More »
Maine Ambulance Company Settles False Claims Act Allegations
A Bangor ambulance company has agreed to pay $138,285.30 to settle allegations that it violated the federal False Claims Act. The civil settlement agreement resolves allegations that Meridian Mobile Health,…
Read More »Former Utah nurse pleads guilty to stealing painkillers and infecting seven patients with hepatitis C
A former Utah nurse pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges, admitting that she stole hospital painkillers and infected seven patients with a rare strain of hepatitis C.
Read More »
Pharmaceutical Company Targeting Elderly Victims Admits to Paying Kickbacks, Resolves Related False Claims Act Violations
The Department of Justice announced that Avanir Pharmaceuticals (Avanir), a pharmaceutical manufacturer based in Aliso Viejo, California, has been charged for paying kickbacks to a physician to induce prescriptions of…
Read More »