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A handful of pharmacists in the Midwest are facing federal charges of health care fraud after investigators say they participated in a scheme to defraud Medicare of $12.1 million in false claims.Nine individuals from Ohio and Detroit were charged last week in three...
An Odessa mortgage broker was sentenced to 15 months in Federal prison after pleading guilty to a mortgage scheme that allegedly cost local banks of over $5 million.The 41-year-old man entered his guilty plea last fall alongside a Miami Beach developer to making false...
A trio of individuals are facing Federal felony charges on allegations by investigators that they were involved in schemes to defraud Medicare, TRICARE, and private insurance companies and launder the proceeds of the fraudulent activity. Per investigators, beginning...
A quartet of Florida men are facing Federal fraud charges after investigators say they orchestrated and operated an illegal kickback scheme for compounded drugs. The four men, who range in age from 38 to 57, allegedly put together the operation, which consisted of...
A Texas man is facing Federal felony charges on allegations that he fraudulently filed for $5 million in emergency payroll loans from the Small Business Administration (SBA).According to investigators, the 32-year-old man filed applications for loans from two...
A Tampa Bay pain center, a reference laboratory, and two former executives have agreed to pay the Federal government $41 million to dismiss claims of violations of the False Claims Act ("Lincoln's Law") by billing Medicare, TRICARE, and other government health care...
Sometimes, fraud takes place across multiple states. When it does, and when it involves government agencies or benefits, it constitutes government fraud.Take for example this case out of Georgia in which a man has been sentenced in a health-care fraud scheme. The...
A federal judge sentenced a California physician last week on charges related to his alleged defrauding of Medicare and illegal prescriptions of opioids.Prosecutors say the 56-year-old Californian prescribed unnecessary home health services in exchange for illegal...
A Massachusetts hospital has agreed to pay to the Federal government $26.67 million to settle claims that it improperly billed government programs for illegally-obtained referrals and testing equipment that was not eligible for reimbursement because the testing was a...
A former health care executive in Tennessee was sentenced to 3-1/2 years in Federal prison last week on a guilty plea for her alleged involvement in a scheme to pay $4.6 million in kickbacks for illicit Medicare referrals. The 71-year-old woman is accused by...
