Owner of Virginia Company Sentenced for $2.8 Million Medicaid Fraud
A Texas woman was sentenced to 50 months in prison for defrauding the Virginia Medicaid program out of nearly $3 million. According to court documents,…
Prime Healthcare Services and Two Doctors Agree to Pay $37.5 Million
One of the largest hospital systems in the nation and two of its doctors will pay $37.5 million to resolve violations of the False Claims…
Owner of CT Mental Health Services Agency Sentenced to 2 Years in Federal Prison
Wali Muhammad, 46, of Branford, was sentenced to 24 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for defrauding Connecticut’s Medicaid Program. According…
NC AG Wins Two Operation Root Canal Settlements
Attorney General Josh Stein reached two separate civil settlements with ProHealth Dental Inc. and Henry W. Davis, Jr., DDS as part of Operation Root Canal,…
Three Facing Federal Charges for Participating in Healthcare Fraud Scheme to Sell Fraudulent Nursing Degrees
A criminal complaint has been filed charging Patrick Nwaokwu, age 50, of Laurel, Maryland; Musa Bangura, age 62, of Manassas, Virginia; and Johanah Napoleon, age…
California Doctor Selling COVID-19 “Cure” Pleads Guilty
Jennings Ryan Staley, a physician who attempted to profit from the pandemic by marketing a “miracle cure” for COVID-19, pleaded guilty in federal court, admitting…
Maine Interpreters Sentenced for Million-Dollar Healthcare Fraud
Two Lewiston men were sentenced in US District Court in Portland for healthcare fraud. Abdirashid Ahmed, 41, was sentenced to two years in prison and…
Annual Report of the Departments of Health and Human Services and Justice FY 2020
In FY 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) opened 1,148 new criminal healthcare fraud investigations. Federal prosecutors filed criminal charges in 412 cases involving 679…
Former Lab Owner Sentenced in Connection with $1.6 Million Medicaid Kickback Conspiracy
A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, William Hughes, 74, was sentenced in federal court for one count of conspiracy to pay unlawful kickbacks. He was sentenced…
DaVita Inc. and Former CEO Indicted in Ongoing Investigation of Labor Market Collusion
A federal grand jury in Denver returned a two-count indictment charging DaVita Inc. and its former CEO, Kent Thiry, for conspiring with competing employers not…