Pain Doctors Sentenced to 6 ½ Years in $45 Million Healthcare Fraud
Two pain management doctors who pantomimed injections on patients were sentenced to six and a half years apiece for healthcare fraud. Drs. Desi Barroga, 51, and Deno Barroga, 51, were…
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Acadia Healthcare to Pay $19.85M for Unnecessary Behavioral Health Services
Acadia Healthcare Company Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Franklin, Tennessee, has agreed to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and related…
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Healthcare Entities to Pay over $7.2M to Settle Fraud Allegations
A hospital, a laboratory, three lab employees, and a referring physician and his office manager have agreed to collectively pay the United States more than $7.2 million dollars to resolve…
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Oregon Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Multimillion Dollar Drug Treatment Fraud Scheme
A Prineville, Oregon woman was sentenced to federal prison for using stolen identities to submit fraudulent healthcare claims resulting in over $1.5 million in misappropriated funds from the Oregon Health…
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Michigan Nursing Home Manager Charged with Embezzling Resident Funds
Alex Ambrose, 27, of Southfield, was arraigned in 37th District Court in Warren for allegedly embezzling over $7,000 from eight vulnerable adults between September 2023 and January 2024, announced Michigan…
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New York Acupuncturist Sentenced to 34 Months in Prison for Role in $9M Healthcare Fraud
A New York acupuncturist was sentenced to 34 months in prison for participating in a $9 million healthcare fraud scheme to defraud Amtrak. Punson Figueroa, aka “Susie,” 58, of Long…
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USAO NDWV Settles False Claims Act Case on Amniotic Fluid Injections for Pain
The Pain Center of Virginia, PLLC d/b/a the Pain Center of West Virginia (“The Pain Center of West Virginia”), a clinic located in Martinsburg, West Virginia, has agreed to pay…
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SC AG Announces Woman Charged with Stealing from Charleston Nursing Home Resident
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud unit (VAMPF) arrested Rose Sherrie Davis, 64 years old, of Irmo, SC for one…
Read More »Former Medical Practice Administrator Sentenced for Stealing Nearly $600K from Her Employer
A former office manager and bookkeeper for a Rhode Island medical practice has been sentenced to more than two years in federal prison for misappropriating nearly $570,000 in medical practice…
Read More »Founder of Recovery Program Charged with Forced Labor Scheme
Attorney General Michelle Henry announced charges against Kevin D. Kolb, the founder and operator of Sick Recovery, a Berks County-based nonprofit organization for men with substance abuse issues, which Kolb…
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