Healthcare Fraud

Pharmacy Owner Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Role in Largest Health Care Fraud Case Ever in Mississippi Nationwide Compound Pharmacy Fraud Scheme Involved Almost a Quarter of a Billion…

USAO Seeking $17M in Money Judgments Against Defendants Convicted in Forest Park Trial The U.S. Attorney's Office is seeking more than $17 million in money judgments against the seven…

Eight Therapists Arrested In Scheme to Defraud Program for Developmentally Disabled Children Defendants Allegedly Defrauded the New York State Early Intervention Program Out of More Than…

Surgeon Pleads Guilty In Forest Park Medical Center Bribery Scam A Mesquite-based bariatric surgeon today formally admitted his role in the $200 million Forest Park Medical Center fraud,…

Beverly Hills Doctor Sentenced to 10 Years in Custody for Massive Workers’ Comp Scheme SAN DIEGO – Beverly Hills Radiologist Ronald Grusd and two of his corporations, California Imaging…

Former General Counsel of Company That Operates Health Maintenance Organizations in Several States Sentenced to Prison for Role in $35 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme The former general…

Four Area Hospitals to Pay Millions to Resolve Ambulance Swapping Allegations HOUSTON – Four Houston-area hospitals have agreed to pay $8.6 million to settle allegations they received…

Owner of Durable Medical Equipment Company Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud Defendant Admits Billing D.C. Medicaid for Supplies That Were Not ProvidedWASHINGTON – Emeka H. Chijioke, 40,…

Novo Nordisk Agrees to Pay $58 Million For Failure to Comply With FDA-Mandated Risk Program Payments Resolve Allegations Highlighted in DOJ Civil Complaint And Recently Unsealed…

Miami-Area Man Charged For Role in $63 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme A Miami-area man was charged in an indictment unsealed today for his alleged participation in a $63 million health…

New York Doctor Pleads Guilty In Connection With Test-Referral Scheme With New Jersey Clinical Lab NEWARK, N.J. – An internal medicine doctor practicing in Yonkers, New York, today admitted…

Final Group Of Physicians And Owner Of Medical Practice Plead Guilty In Medical Kickback Scheme Pam Gardner, 55, of Springfield, Tennessee, pleaded guilty yesterday, to conspiracy to solicit…

Poplar Healthcare to Pay Nearly $900,000 to Resolve A False Claims Act Allegations PROVIDENCE, RI – Acting United States Attorney Stephen G. Dambruch and Philip Coyne, Special…

Louisville Based Physician Settles Federal False Claims Act And State Civil Claims Pays $751,681.16 to settle allegationsLOUISVILLE, KY – Forrest S. Kuhn, Jr., M.D., a physician…

Detroit-Area Neurosurgeon Sentenced to 235 Months in Prison for Role in $2.8 Million Health Care Fraud SchemeA Detroit-area neurosurgeon was sentenced today to 235 months in prison for his…

Forest Laboratories and Forest Pharmaceuticals to Pay $38 million to Resolve Kickback Allegations Under the False Claims ActForest Laboratories LLC, located in New York, New York, and its…

Pharmaceutical Executives Charged in Racketeering SchemeBOSTON – Several pharmaceutical executives and managers, formerly employed by Insys Therapeutics, Inc., were arrested today on…

Two Defendants Indicted For Healthcare Fraud And Money LaunderingSAN JUAN, P.R. - On November 29, 2016, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging defendants Pedro Van Rhyn Soler…

Former Owner of Miami Based Pharmacy Convicted at Trial of $700,000 Medicare Fraud SchemeThe former owner of a Miami based retail pharmacy was convicted, following a three-day trial, for…

Anchorage Man Sentenced to 10 Months in Federal Prison for Medicaid and Social Security Fraud SchemesAnchorage, Alaska – U.S. Attorney Karen L. Loeffler announced that Julio De La Cruz,…