Michigan Physician Charged in Scheme to Illegally Sell Cancer Drugs
A Royal Oak physician was charged in an Indictment for his role in a multi-million-dollar scheme to illegally sell and divert expensive prescription cancer drugs. Charged in the Indictment is…
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Tennessee Business Owner Convicted of $35M Healthcare Fraud Scheme
A federal jury convicted a Tennessee business owner for fraudulently billing federal healthcare programs approximately $35 million for medically unnecessary injections, which were administered over the course of approximately eight…
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Washington Doctor Settles Allegations He Submitted False Claims to Federal Healthcare Programs
The US Department of Justice resolved allegations that Dr. Joseph Upton, of Bellevue, Washington, caused the submission of false claims to Medicare. Dr. Upton agreed to pay $65,680 to resolve…
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Pharmacy Owner Sentenced for Role in $6.9M Scheme to Bill Insurance for Medications Not Dispensed
A licensed pharmacist from Dearborn Heights was sentenced to 2 years in federal prison for submitting claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan for her role…
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Arizona Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Healthcare Fraud
Linh Cao Nguyen, MD, 51, of Peoria, was sentenced by United States District Judge John C. Hinderaker to 24 months in prison. Over the course of several years, Nguyen engaged…
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South Carolina Nurse Aide Charged with Stealing from Vulnerable Adult
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud unit (VAMPF) has arrested Lamesha Thompson, 37 years old, of Spartanburg, SC, for one…
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Connecticut Home Health Aide Stole $30K from Elderly Man
A former home health aide has been charged with stealing $30,000 from a from an elderly Groton resident, the Day of New London reported.
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Connecticut Woman Arrested and Charged in Scheme to Defraud Medicaid
A Stamford woman, and owner of Holistic Psychiatric Services, LLC, has been arrested and charged with submitting false claims to the Connecticut Medicaid Health Insurance Program. Iselande Desyr, age 59,…
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Tennessee Certified Nursing Assistant Charged with Elder Abuse
A certified nursing assistant threw a 90-year-old Alzheimer’s patient out of a shower and started beating him, saying “I can’t wait for you to die soon!” according to Chattanooga Police.
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Rhode Island Nursing Assistant’s License Suspended After Arrest for Patient Abuse
The Rhode Island Department of Health has temporarily suspended the license of a nursing assistant after she was charged with assaulting a dementia patient earlier this year.
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