Archive for September 2024
Florida Man Pleads Guilty to $39.5 Million DME Kickback Scheme
A 22-year-old man from Port Richey, Fla. has pleaded guilty to charges he and others paid kickbacks and bribes as part of an elaborate $39.5 million Medicare fraud operation. Christopher Spellman and his co-conspirators in this DME kickback scheme, owned and operated Dimon Business Solutions, LLC, which posed as a legitimate durable medical equipment (DME)…
Read MoreDOJ Unveils New Whistleblower Program to Expand Healthcare Fraud Investigative Efforts
The Department of Justice hopes a new whistleblower program will help unearth more healthcare fraud cases. The DOJ previewed the Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program earlier this year at the American Bar Association’s 39th National Institute on White Collar Crime. It builds on the agency’s prior efforts to incentivize reporting of corporate misconduct to the…
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