Texas AG’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Takes Down $70 Million Healthcare Fraud Scheme
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that Dr. David Young, 61, of Fredericksburg, Texas, was convicted by a federal jury for causing the submission of more than $70 million in…
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Ohio-Based Nursing Home Chain CommuniCare to Pay $400,000 in Settlement Over Substandard Care
Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced that Ohio-based nursing home chain CommuniCare Family of Companies will pay $400,000 and one of their Maryland nursing homes will be subject to…
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Former ICU Nurse Arrested on Suspicion of Replacing Fentanyl with Tap Water
A former intensive care unit nurse in Oregon has been arrested for allegedly diverting fentanyl from medical drips and replacing it with tap water.
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Former Nurse Sentenced for Adulteration of Fentanyl
A former nurse was sentenced in federal court in Boston for adulteration of fentanyl at a local hospital. Caroline Sheehan, 39, of Lowell, Mass., was sentenced to three years of…
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Arkansas Attorney General Announces Arrest of Personal Care Aide for Medicaid Fraud
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced that Kaylee Slaughter, 25, of Lepanto was arrested on June 5 in Poinsett County on one count of Medicaid fraud, a Class B Felony….
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Three Employees of NJ LTC Facilities Indicted in Two Separate Elder Abuse Cases
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced three long-term care (LTC) facility workers — two in Ocean County and one in Camden County — are facing pending criminal charges, including assault…
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Founder/CEO and Clinical President of Digital Health Company Arrested for $100M Healthcare Fraud
The founder and CEO of a California-based digital health company and its clinical president were arrested today in connection with their alleged participation in a scheme to distribute Adderall over…
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Michigan AG Secures Permanent Injunction to Shut Down Unlicensed Adult Foster Care Facility
Oakland County Circuit Court Judge David M. Cohen granted a permanent injunction against Erica Edwards and her unlicensed adult foster care facility ETE Homes Inc., doing business as Talison Assisted…
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Pharmacy Owner Sentenced for $1M Healthcare Fraud Scheme
A California man was sentenced to two years in prison for submitting more than $1 million in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare for prescription drugs that were never dispensed…
Read More »Miami Physical Therapist Assistant Sentenced to over 3 Years in Prison for $2.6M in Fraudulent Claims
A federal judge in Miami sentenced Tania Cesar, a physical therapist assistant (PTA), to 39 months in prison and three years of supervised release after a jury found her guilty…
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