West Virginia Nurse Practitioner Pleads Guilty to Healthcare Fraud
Shawn R. Blankenship, 54, of Winfield, pleaded guilty to four counts of healthcare fraud. According to court documents and statements made in court, Blankenship is…
Former Director of Michigan Peer Center Pleads Guilty to Embezzling from Center
Tanya Hobson, 45, of Kingston, pleaded guilty to one count of Embezzlement-Agent or Trustee – $200 or more but less than $1,000, announced Michigan Attorney…
TennCare Fraud Investigation Leads to Arrest of Memphis Doctor
A Memphis doctor faces charges of TennCare fraud and theft of property following an investigation by special agents with the Medicaid Fraud Control Division (MFCD)…
SC AG Announces Murrells Inlet Nurse Charged with Stealing Drugs from Patients
South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office’s Vulnerable Adults and Medicaid Provider Fraud unit (VAMPF) and the Department of Public Health’s Bureau…
Patient’s Death Leads to Discovery Home Healthcare Nurse Was Fake
The death of a patient receiving in-home healthcare led his family to discover the nurse was a fraud, with an entirely forged work history, according…
Ex-Long Island Business Owner Charged in $22M Healthcare Fraud Scheme
An indictment was unsealed charging Oleg Beretsky with conspiring to commit healthcare fraud, violating the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, conspiring to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute, and…
Miami Registered Nurse Headed to Federal Prison for Drug Diversion
A federal district judge in South Florida has sentenced a registered nurse to prison for more than two years for tampering with medical-grade fentanyl meant…
Maryland AG Announces $143K Settlement with Vision Care Center and Optometrist
Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced that Aqua Vision Care, LLC agreed to pay $143,336.00 to resolve allegations that it violated the Maryland False Health…
Ohio Woman Pleads Guilty to $1.5 Million Theft from Medicaid Program
A Montgomery County woman banned previously from working as a Medicaid provider pleaded guilty for yet again defrauding the program—this time stealing $1.5 million, Ohio…
Iowa Woman Pleads Guilty to Charges Related to Drug Diversion
A Marshalltown woman pleaded guilty to diverting controlled substances for her own use and falsely noting the administration of a controlled substance in a patient…