CHICAGO — The former owner of a Chicago home health care company has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining $1.2 million from Medicare through a …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Suburban Chicago Home Sleep Testing Company To Pay $3.5 Million To Settle Federal Health Care Fraud Suit
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressCHICAGO — A suburban Chicago diagnostics company that provides home sleep testing will pay $3.5 million to the United States to settle a civil lawsuit accusing the company of defrauding …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Woman Indicted for Prescribing Medically Unnecessary Medical Equipment in $8.8 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressTampa, FL – A Georgia woman was arrested yesterday in Hampton, Georgia, on criminal charges related to her alleged scheme to defraud Medicare by prescribing medically unnecessary durable medical equipment …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Pittsfield Nurse Pleads Guilty to Stealing Fentanyl from Critical Care Patient
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressBOSTON – A Pittsfield woman pleaded guilty today in federal court in Springfield to stealing fentanyl being administered to a patient in the critical care unit. Jessica Lotto, 36, pleaded …
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Three Remaining Defendants Plead Guilty for Their Roles in Extensive Health Care Fraud Conspiracy to Defraud Medicaid Home Care Program
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressPITTSBURGH, Pa. – Three residents of the Pittsburgh area pleaded guilty in federal court today for their roles in defrauding the Pennsylvania Medicaid program, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
I.T. Specialist Charged in Cyber Intrusion of Suburban Chicago Health Care Company
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressCHICAGO — An information technology specialist has been indicted on a federal criminal charge for allegedly hacking into the server of a suburban Chicago health care company where he formerly …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Former Sarasota Pain Doctor And Former Insys Sales Representative Convicted In Health Care Fraud Kickback Conspiracy
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressTampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces today that a federal jury returned guilty verdicts against Dr. Steven Chun (59, Sarasota) and Daniel Tondre (52, Tampa). Both …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine charged with health care fraud and money laundering scheme
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressATLANTA – John W. Oxendine has been arraigned on federal charges of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Oxendine was indicted by a federal …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Former South Florida Pharmacy Technician Pleads Guilty to $40 Million Kickback Conspiracy Targeting Military Health Care Programs
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressMiami, Florida – A former Palm Beach County pharmacy technician and high-level executive assistant has pleaded guilty to her role in a multi-million-dollar kickback conspiracy that defrauded Tricare and CHAMPVA …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Florida Man Sentenced To 120 Months In Prison For Role In $50 Million Health Care Fraud And Kickback Scheme
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressNEWARK, N.J. – A Florida man was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a health care fraud and kickback scheme, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Butte nurse charged with unlawfully obtaining opiates from four health care facilities
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressMISSOULA — A Butte nurse suspected of illegally obtaining opiates from four health care facilities in three communities appeared for arraignment on an indictment today, U.S. Attorney Leif M. Johnson …
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Linden Woman Charged After Elderly Patient in Her Care Had Stroke, Suffered Second-Degree Burns
by Your Newsby Your Newsby OAG Matt Platkin TRENTON – Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor today announced the indictment of a New Jersey woman for …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
South Florida Health Care Clinic Owners, Doctor, Others Sentenced in Medical Billing Fraud Scheme
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressMiami, Florida – Yesterday, a federal district judge in Miami sentenced the last of 10 defendants for her role in a health care fraud scheme involving three physical therapy clinics …
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NewYork-Presbyterian Announces $50 Million Gift from the Jane and Daniel Och Family Foundation to Expand World-Class Och Spine Care Across the New York Metro Area
by Your Newsby Your NewsBuilds on the original 2017 donation from the Ochs that transformed the way spine care is delivered Brings together dedicated spine care specialists from two acclaimed medical schools: Columbia University …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Managers of Arizona Telemedicine Company Admit Roles in $64 Million Nationwide Kickback, Health Care Fraud Schemes
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressNEWARK, N.J. – Two owners of a nationwide telemedicine company today admitted their roles in conspiracies to bribe doctors and to commit health care fraud, Attorney for the United States …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Passaic County Man Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison for Role in Stealing Employer’s Oral Care Formulas and Sending Them Overseas
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressNEWARK, N.J. – A former research technician and scientist for a worldwide consumer products company that researched, developed, designed, manufactured, marketed, and sold oral care consumer products was sentenced today …
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Alabama ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth takes effect
by Reutersby Reuters(Reuters) – An Alabama law that makes it a felony to provide gender-affirming medical treatment to transgender youth went into effect on Sunday while a federal judge weighs whether to …
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Financial News
Thailand urges care over content as Lazada promotion angers royalists
by Reutersby ReutersBANGKOK – Thailand on Saturday warned against the creation of online content that risked insulting the country’s monarchy, after a video by a social media influencer promoting e-commerce platform Lazada …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Woman Awaiting Sentencing in Health Care Fraud Case again Charged with Committing Health Care Fraud
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressLeonard C Boyle, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that NICOLE STEINER, formerly known as Nicole Balkas, 32, of Stratford, was arrested yesterday on a criminal …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Texas Pharmacist Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud Conspiracy
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressGulfport, Miss. – A Liberty, Texas woman pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca, Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby with …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Owner of Pharmacies in Brooklyn and Queens Pleads Guilty in Health Care Fraud And Kickback Scheme
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressBROOKLYN, NY – Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, Robert John Sabet, the owner of Brooklyn Chemists in Gravesend, Brooklyn, and Lucky Care Pharmacy in Flushing, Queens, pleaded guilty …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
North Canton Radiology Business Owner Convicted at Trial of $2 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressActing U.S. Attorney Michelle M. Baeppler announced that a federal jury returned guilty verdicts today against Defendant Thomas G. O’Lear, 57, of North Canton, following a five-day trial before Judge …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Former Adult Day Care Owner Sentenced for Health Care Fraud Scheme
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressSAN ANTONIO – On Monday a San Antonio woman was sentenced to 60 months in prison and ordered to pay $1,784,817.96 in restitution for her role in a health care …
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Department of Justice Press Releases
Urgent Care Doctor and his Facilities Settle Allegations of Federal Health Care Fraud
by DOJ Pressby DOJ PressBreon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announced today that Dr. Josef Schenker and two urgent care facilities owned by him, Josef Schenker, M.D., P.C., …
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‘They Don’t Seem To Care’: Texas AG Paxton Reacts To Biden’s Silence On Soldier’s Death At The Border
‘They Don’t Seem To Care’: Texas AG Paxton Reacts To Biden’s Silence On Soldier’s Death At The Border Jennie Taer on April 26, 2022 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton called …