Posts Tagged ‘healthcare fraud’
Medical Billing Company Owner Sentenced to 12 Years in Healthcare Insurance Fraud Scheme
A Long Island man who impersonated an NBA player and others to further his complex healthcare insurance fraud scheme has been sentenced to 12 years in prison and ordered to pay restitution of $337 million and forfeit $63 million. Mathew James engaged in a years-long healthcare and insurance fraud scheme in which he and his…
Read MoreSerial Healthcare Fraudster Sentenced to 10 Years; Wife Faces 20 Years Behind Bars in Healthcare Fraud Scheme
A California man with a long history of healthcare fraud was sentenced to 10 years behind bars and ordered to pay millions in restitution as well as forfeit his interest in two residential properties and one business property in Los Angeles. His wife, who will be sentenced later this month. Imran Shams pleaded guilty to…
Read MoreFather and Son Clinic Owners to Pay $2 million to Settle False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute and PPP Fraud Allegations
The owners Amerihealth in eastern Idaho have agreed to pay $2 million to settle allegations they violated the False Claims Act.
Read MoreClinical Lab Owner to Pay $13M to Settle False Claims Act Allegations, Faces Charges Relating to Sabotaging Competitor’s Business
A New Jersey-based clinical laboratory and its owner and CEO Eric Leykin of New York have agreed to pay $13 million to settle False Claims Act allegations involving the payment of illegal kickbacks and medically unnecessary lab testing.
Read MoreFlorida Business Owners Sentenced in Wide-Ranging Home Healthcare Fraud Scheme
A Florida man and woman will spend years behind bars for their role in a home healthcare fraud scheme that used stolen patient data and spanned from the U.S. to Cuba.
Read MoreDME Manufacturer Settles False Claims Act Allegations for Nearly $2.5 Million
DME Manufacturer Settles False Claims Act Allegations for Nearly $2.5 Million
Read MoreSouth Florida Nurse Sentenced to 20 Years in DME and Genetic Testing Scheme
DME and Genetic Testing Scheme
Read MoreThree Found Guilty in Fraudulent Nursing Degree Scheme
Three people have been found guilty in a fraudulent nursing degree scheme the feds dubbed “Operation Nightingale”. Gail Russ, registrar of the Palm Beach School of Nursing in Lake Worth; Cassandre Jean, owner and operator of Success Nursing Review in Brooklyn, New York; and Vilaire Duroseau, owner and operator of the Center for Advance Training…
Read MoreFinancial Advisor Guilty in Far-Reaching Compound Pharmacy Fraud
compound pharmacy fraud
Read MoreNurse Practitioner Pleads Guilty to DME, Telemedicine Fraud Scheme
A little more than a month after being charged in connection with a $7.8 million telemedicine fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary durable medical equipment (DME), a Virginia-based nurse practitioner has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. Daphne Jenkins, 64, faces up to 10 years in prison, up to three years of supervised release…
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