New Jersey Doctor Convicted of Multimillion-Dollar Healthcare Fraud
A federal jury convicted a New Jersey rheumatologist for defrauding Medicare and other health insurance programs by billing for services that patients never received. According…
Mallinckrodt Agrees to Pay Nearly $234 Million to Resolve Allegations Related to Price Increases
Pharmaceutical company Mallinckrodt ARD, LLC (formerly known as Mallinckrodt ARD, Inc. and previously Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc.), has agreed to pay $233,707,865 as part of a…
Long Island Medical Doctor Pleads Guilty to Medicare Billing Fraud Scheme
Morris Barnard, a medical doctor practicing in Great Neck, New York, pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud in connection with billing Medicare for millions of dollars…
SC AG announces arrest of second person charged with neglect at assisted living homes
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that on March 4, 2022, the Office’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (SCMFCU) arrested Veronica Manuala Garcia, 25 years…
MA Nurse Agrees to Plead Guilty to Tampering with Patients’ Fentanyl
A Berkley nurse was charged and agreed to plead guilty in federal court in Boston to tampering with fentanyl intended for patients at a hospital’s…
Minnesota AG Charges Doctor with $1.6M in Medicaid Fraud
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced that his office has charged Dr. Xiaoyan Hu with defrauding Minnesota’s Medical Assistance (Medicaid) program out of over $1.6…
NY Ophthalmologist Sentenced to 96 Months in Prison for Prolific Seven-Year Healthcare Fraud Scheme
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Ameet Goyal, MD, an ophthalmologist in Rye, New York, was…
Colorado Physician Sentenced to Federal Prison for Taking Bribes
The US Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado announces that Dr. Jeffrey Kesten, age 61, formerly of Evergreen, Colorado, was sentenced to 24 months…
IL Businessman Admits Swindling Hospital in Connection with Attempted Purchases of PPE
Dennis W. Haggerty, Jr., 45, a suburban Chicago businessman, pleaded guilty to a federal fraud charge for swindling $2.5 million from a hospital that paid…
Former Payroll Manager of Home Healthcare Company Pleads Guilty to Federal Tax Offense
Innis Frederick, 61, of Saint Cloud, Florida, pleaded guilty via videoconference before US District Judge Victor A. Bolden to a tax offense, which stemmed from…