A Tampa man who allegedly gunned down another individual in the street last week was apprehended after a cooperative effort between the Tampa Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Service.According to investigators, Sergio Rashad Green and Glennis Leon Mays became...
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Month: July 2018
Spring Hill Nurse Charged For Allegedly Purloining 10,000 Pain Pills From Employer
A nurse in Spring Hill is facing charges after Hernando County Sheriff's deputies say she stole thousands of pills of pain killers from her place of work.A local rehab clinic reported the theft of a long list of pain pills to the authorities on June 25, alleging the...
New York Medical Device Manufacturer Pays Justice Department $12.5 Million To Settle False Medicare And Medicade Claims Allegations
A New York state medical device manufacturer has agreed to pay the federal government $12.5 million to settle claims made against it that it led medical providers to make false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and other state-based health care programs. The Justice...
OFAC Freezes Assets Of Six Libyans Accused Of Leading Human Smuggling Rings
U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) last month sanctioned six men who authorities say operated a brutal human smuggling ring in war-torn Libya.Ermias Ghermay, Musab Abu Grein, Abd al-Rahman Milad, Mohamed Koshlaf, Abd al-Razzak...
Daughter Left Out Of Will Accused Of Murdering Mother
A Fort Lauderdale woman stands accused of murder after Broward County authorities accuse her of fatally beating her elderly mother in a rage.Investigators say Gabriela Perero was informed by her mother Luisa on July 12 that she was not part of the will Luisa had drawn...
Duo Of Medical Consulting Firms And Nine Other Nursing Companies Pay $10 MM To Settle Medicare Fraud Allegations
A pair of Alabama consulting companies and nine nursing facilities affiliated with them have agreed to pay $10 million in fines to resolve allegations by the United States Justice Department that they submitted a raft of false claims to Medicare for medically...
Clearwater Man Faces DUI Charge After Allegedly Wrecking Stolen Car And Fleeing With Bottle In Hand
Clearwater police apprehended a man last week they say stole a vehicle, ran a red light, and careened into another vehicle prior to their arrival on the scene.Per the arresting officers, Rico L. Hayes drove the stolen vehicle with a friend within to the intersection...
Jacksonville Wound Care Provider To Pay Up To $22.51 Million To Settle Fraudulent Medicare Billing Allegations
A Jacksonville wound-care provider has agreed to pay up to $22.51 million in fines to settle federal charges that it fraudulently billed Medicare for medically-unnecessary treatments.Per Justice Department investigators, Healogics, Inc. submitted false claims to...
Drug Warrant Yields Dozens of Cannabis Plants, Hundreds of Pounds Of Cannabis In Brooksville Home
Deputies from the Hernando County Sheriff's Office say the execution of a warrant last week yielded a large quantity of cannabis plants and harvested cannabis prepared for distribution at a Brooksville home.Details were scarce, but the Sheriff's Office says it...
New York Health Care Providers Pay $14.7 Million To Settle Fraudulent Medicare Billing Charges
A pair of New York health care providers agreed last week to pay the United States Justice Department over $14.7 million in fines to resolve allegations that it submitted fraudulent claims to federally-funded health care programs.Health Quest Systems, Inc. and its...
