Clinical Lab Admits Guilt in MassHealth Fraud and Kickback Scheme
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced that Optimum Labs, Inc., a New Bedford based clinical laboratory, and its owner, William Owens (Owens) of New Bedford,…
Man Arrested for Billing Medicaid for Hospitalized or Deceased Patients
Agents with Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit arrested a Baton Rouge man for Medicaid Fraud recently. 38-year-old Johnny O’Neal Richardson, of Mobile…
Louisiana Medicaid Recipient Arrested After Buying Lamborghini
Agents with Attorney General Liz Murrill’s Louisiana Bureau of Investigation arrested a Slidell woman for Government Benefits Fraud. 35-year-old Candace M. Taylor, of Rousset Ridge…
Nurse Gets 16 Months for Stealing and Tampering with Lorazepam
David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Sean Falzarano, 39, of Southbury, was sentenced to16 months of imprisonment, followed…
Iowa Senior Living Clerk Charged with Stealing Elderly Resident’s Jewelry
A front desk clerk in Iowa is charged after police say she stole and sold $2,000 to $4,000 worth of jewelry from an 87-year-old resident.
Arkansas Attorney General Announces Arrest of Trumann Man for Medicaid Fraud
Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing the arrest of a Trumann man for Medicaid fraud: “On July 25, Jordan Vales, 21, of…
Former Assisted Living Businessman Pleads Guilty to State Tax Charges
Charles L. Gross, Jr., 65, a former assisted living businessman of Raleigh, North Carolina, pleaded guilty on July 21, 2025, to nine counts of Embezzlement…
California Nursing Home Employee Arrested for Stealing from Residents: Sheriff
An employee at a nursing home in Sonoma was arrested in July for allegedly stealing from the home’s residents after numerous items were reported missing…
Florida Man to Get 17 Years for Scheme to Steal $10.8M from Medicare
District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Lino Mallari Gutierrez, a/k/a “Joe Gutierrez,” (59, Palm City) to 17 years and 6 months in federal…
Louisiana Nurse Practitioner Convicted of $12M Medicare Fraud Scheme
A federal jury convicted a Louisiana nurse practitioner for her role in an over $12.1 million healthcare fraud scheme to defraud Medicare by ordering medically…