Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with violating the federal Anti-Kickback Statute.

Bruce Stroud, 40, Bobbi Stroud, 39, husband and wife and residents of Prosper, Texas, and Kenric Griffin, 52, of Frisco, Texas, jointly owned and operated four orthotic brace suppliers: New Horizons Durable Medical Equipment, Striffin Medical Supply, 4B Ortho Supply, and G... More...   $0 (05-16-2022 - TX)

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with health care fraud and money laundering.

Jesmina Ramirez, 50, of Miami Gardens, laundered hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraud proceeds by cashing checks written from five fraudulent medical supply companies and returning that cash, minus a fee, to her co-conspirators. The five fraudulent medical supply companie... More...   $0 (05-13-2022 - FL)

Greenbelt, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with healthcare fraud and payment of kickbacks.

Dr. Edward T. Buford, III, age 70, was charged with conspiracy to violate the anti-kickback statute in voolation of 18 U.S.C. 371 and conspiracy to commit mail and healthcare fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C.l 1349.

Defendant was accused of devising and executin... More...   $0 (05-09-2022 - MD)

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with health care fraud.

Robert John Sabet, 46, of Brooklyn, the owner of two New York City pharmacies, conspired to bill Medicare and Medicaid for expensive prescription drugs that were not needed by patients, were dispensed in connection with kickbacks, or, in some cases, not dispensed at all. As part of the conspir... More...   $0 (04-28-2022 - NY)

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with health care fraud.

Loyda Triana, 65, of Miami, laundered the fraudulent proceeds of five fraudulent medical supply companies over a two-year period. These companies — BF Distributors Corp, Timely Medical Services Corp., Ortho-Med Solution Inc., Expedited Medical Supplies Corp., and Prime Orthopedic Solutions Corp ... More...   $0 (04-27-2022 - FL)

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with health care fraud.

Elemer Raffai, age 56, an orthopedic surgeon, with health care fraud in connection with a $10 million scheme involving the submission of false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicare Part D plans. Raffai was arrested today and will make his initial court appearance this afternoon in Uni... More...   $0 (04-21-2022 - NY)

Denver, Colorado qui tam lawyers represented plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a false claims Act violation theory.

Springbok Health Inc., a medical clinic with locations in Colorado Springs and Pueblo West, Colorado, and Mark Jankelow, Springbok’s owner and Chief Executive Officer, have agreed to pay at least $125,000, and up to as much as $335,494, to resolve allegations they violated ... More...   $0 (04-19-2022 - CO)

Spoken, Washington civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused of fraudulent billing Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health care providers for medically unnecessary neurosurgery procedures.

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Tampa, Florida civil litigation lawyers represented Defendants charged with violating the False Claims Act.

Physician Partners of America LLC (PPOA), headquartered in Tampa, Florida, its founder, Rodolfo Gari, and its former chief medical officer, Dr. Abraham Rivera, have agreed to pay $24.5 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by billing federal healthca... More...   $0 (04-12-2022 - FL)

Sherman, Texas private private lawyers represented Defendants accused of defrauding the United States of America, which sued Defendants on a False Claims Act under 31 U.S.C. 3729.

Laboratory executives and employees at True Health Diagnostics LLC (THD) and Boston Heart Diagnostics Corporation (BHD) allegedly conspired with small Texas hospitals, including Rockdale Hospital dba Little Rive... More...   $0 (04-08-2022 - TX)

Atlanta, Georgia civil litigation lawyers represented Defendants who were accused of violating the False Claims Act.

OGCC Behavioral Health Services, Inc. (“OGCC”) and its owner and Executive Director, Dionne Huffman, have agreed to pay $750,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by, among other things, billing the government for services that they did not ... More...   $750000 (03-31-2022 - GA)

Helena, Montana civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants seeking a declaratory judgment determining the legality and enforceability of Montana House Bill 702 which conflicted with a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) interim rule that requires staff of CMS certified facilities — such as hospitals, long-term care facilities and rehabilitation centers — t... More...   $0 (03-20-2022 - MT)

Central Islip, New York criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiring to commit health care and wire fraud in connection with a so-called “birth tourism” scheme that Ibrahim Aksakal operated in Suffolk County between approximately 2017 and 2020. The scheme facilitated pregnant Turkish women fraudulently entering the United States using tourist and business visas to giv... More...   $0 (03-12-2022 - NY)

Newark, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and receipt of health care kickbacks.

Dr. Alice Chu, age 64, of Fort Lee, owned and operated a rheumatology practice in Clifton. From 2010 through 2019, Chu billed Medicare and other health insurance programs for expensive infusion medication that her practice never purchas... More...   $0 (03-09-2022 - NJ)

Norristown, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with running a pill mill.

Evelyn “Tracie” Smith, 56, of Camden, Emmanuel Okolo, 54, of Ambler, and Mohanad Fallouh, 53, of Blue Bell, were charged with were charged with drug dealing and filing fall medical assistance claims.

Smith, a nurse with an extensive criminal record, provided the doctors... More...   $0 (03-04-2022 - PA)

Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiring to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute, in connection with a scheme to take bribes and kickbacks from a pharmaceutical company in exchange for prescribing a powerful fentanyl spray to his chronic pain patients.

According to the plea agreement, beginning in late 2012 and continuing through November 2015... More...   $0 (03-01-2022 - CO)

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged for conspiring with one another to commit bank and wire fraud. Franklin, currently residing in Georgia, was sentenced today to 126 months in prison for organizing and leading a multi-year conspiracy to defraud financial institutions and lenders of more than one million dollars. Branch was sentenced to 24 months in pr... More...   $0 (02-28-2022 - NC)

Richmond, Virginia criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with defrauding Virginia Medicaid.

Defendant, Durham, North Carolina, clinical psychologist was indicted for defrauding Virginia Medicaid of at least $544,067.69 by creating false diagnoses and medical records for Medicaid recipients, mostly minors, and falsely representing to Medicaid that he was providing them me... More...   $0 (02-04-2022 - VA)

Sherman, Texas civil litigation attorneys represented defendants accused for violating the False Claims Act involving illegal remuneration in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law.

Seven Texas doctors and a hospital executive have agreed to pay a total of $1,106,449 to resolve False Claims Act allegations involving illegal remuneration in violation of the Anti-Kickback Sta... More...   $0 (01-20-2022 - TX)

Marquette, Michigan criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with theft of government funds.

Edward Douglas Cornman, 49, of Menominee, Michigan, was indicted for theft of government funds.

Cornman pleaded guilty in June 2021 to lying about his work history and assets to obtain Medicaid benefits. From 2010 to 2019, Cornman failed to disclose his assets ... More...   $0 (01-15-2022 - MI)

Littleton, Colorado criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with felony theft, felony charity fraud, and child abuse negligently causing death.

Kelly Turner was charged with murder in the death of 7-year-old Olivia Grant.

Olivia died in August 2017 of intestinal failure after Turner signed a do-not-resuscitate order, telling doctors that Olivia's quality of life ... More...   $0 (01-04-2022 - CO)