CLEVELAND (AP) — Federal authorities say six people have been indicted in a $48 million Medicaid fraud scheme, including a man who was viewed as a local superhero for his car collection and daring feats for charity. Thirty-eight-year-old Ryan Sheridan and five others were charged Wednesday with conspiracy to commit health care fraud related to drug and alcohol recovery … [Read more...]
California man sentenced, ordered to pay $1.5 million for healthcare fraud
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) - A Martinez man has been sentenced following a case regarding healthcare fraud. 32-year-old Jonathan Duane Austin is sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and has been ordered to pay $1,473,377.51 in restitution for defrauding government healthcare and disability programs. A statement released by District Attorney Bobby Christine reveals that … [Read more...]
Los Angeles dentist pleads guilty to health care fraud charges
A Los Angeles, CA-based dentist pleaded guilty on Thursday to a March 2018 indictment charging him with health care fraud arising from his false and fraudulent billings for crowns and fillings, which were never provided to patients. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, US Attorney Nicola T. Hanna of the Central … [Read more...]
Clearwater Doctor Sentenced To Prison For Health Care Fraud
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge James S. Moody Jr. today sentenced Jayam Krishna Iyer (66, Clearwater) to six months in federal prison for committing health care fraud, ordered Iyer to forfeit over $52,000 in health care fraud proceeds, and order her to pay restitution to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. In addition, the court ordered Iyer to forfeit her Florida … [Read more...]
Walgreens agrees to pay $269 million in fraud settlement with government
Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. agreed to pay $269.2 million to settle U.S. claims that the drugstore chain defrauded a federally funded health care program over insulin drugs and a consumer-discount initiative. The two settlements, announced Tuesday, cover allegations over improper billing. In the first one, the company agreed to pay $209.2 million to resolve claims it billed … [Read more...]
Former Cleveland Clinic executive gets prison time in $2.7M fraud scheme
The former executive director of Cleveland Clinic Innovations, the development and commercialization arm of Cleveland Clinic, was sentenced Dec. 19 to 30 months in prison for his role in a fraud scheme, according to the Department of Justice. Federal prosecutors brought charges in September 2017 against Gary Fingerhut, and he pleaded guilty one month later to his role in a … [Read more...]
Department of Justice recovered $2.5 billion in healthcare fraud proceeds
The Department of Justice has announced that it obtained $2.5 billion in settlements and judgments from cases involving healthcare fraud in 2018. The healthcare fraud settlements are part of more than $2.8 billion the government obtained through False Claims Act cases last year, the DOJ said. This is the ninth consecutive year that the DOJ’s civil healthcare fraud judgments … [Read more...]
McAllen Man, George Moreno Sent to Prison in Health Care Fraud Conspiracy
An operator of a durable medical equipment (DME) company was ordered to federal prison following his admission of defrauding Medicaid, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick. George Louis Moreno, 59, of McAllen, pleaded guilty Jan. 24, 2018. Today, U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez handed Moreno a 36-month sentence to be immediately followed by three years of supervised … [Read more...]
Unlicensed Dentist in New York Convicted Of Healthcare Fraud
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that LUIS OMAR VARGAS, an unlicensed dentist, was convicted last Friday, after a two-week jury trial, for defrauding health insurance companies by billing for false claims, billing for claims performed by him as an unlicensed provider, and for conspiring to pay kickbacks to his … [Read more...]
Pittsburgh sisters charged in Medicaid fraud scheme
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Two sisters who ran multiple home health care companies in Pittsburgh were indicted by a federal grand jury for their alleged role in a multi-million dollar health care fraud scheme. Court documents unsealed Tuesday show Arlinda Moriarty and Danyelle Dickens were charged in the scheme, along with 10 of their employees or former employees. Prosecutors say … [Read more...]