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United States of America v. Dionne Huffman and OGCC Behavioral Health Services, Inc.

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

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Montana Medical Association v. Austin Knudsen, et al.

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

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United States of America v. Ibrahim Aksakal

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

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United States of America v. Dr. Jeffrey Keatsen

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

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United States of America v. Alice Chu

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

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JAMES H. EVANS, JR. VERSUS INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY

Lake Charles, LA - Workers' Compensation lawyer represented defendant with appealing the judgment in favor of temporary total disability benefits.



Mr. Evans was employed by IP at its facility in Campti, Louisiana, on Friday,
June 17, 2016, when he claims he began to experience pain in his left

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Evelyn "Tracie" Smith, Emmanuel Okolo and Mohanad Fallouh

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

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United States of America v. Shawn Franklin, Sabrina Wiggins Branch and Anthony Maryland

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

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AMBER HALE, f/k/a AMBER KOESTER vs. BURLINGTON NORTHERN & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY

Kansas City, MO - Personal Injury lawyer represented Appellant with a Personal Injury suit against BNSF Railway Company (“BNSF”)..



The collision between Hale’s vehicle and the train occurred at Crossing #667633J (“the
South Iron Mountain Road Crossing”) in Webster County, Missouri, on

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United States of America v. Dr. Malik Muhammad, Ph.D.

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

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United States of America v. Jaspaul Bhangoo, M.D., et al.

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

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United States of America v. Edward Douglas Cornman

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

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STATE OF TEXAS; STATE OF KANSAS; STATE OF LOUISIANA; STATE OF INDIANA; STATE OF WISCONSIN; STATE OF NEBRASKA v. CHARLES P. RETTIG, in his Official Capacity as Commissioner of Internal Revenue; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

New Orleans, LA - Health and Human Services lawyer represented Plaintiffs - Appellees Cross-Appellants with constitutional challenges to Section 9010 of the Affordable Care Acstitutionalt (the “ACA”) and statutory and constitutional challenges toa U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) administrative rule (the “Certification Rule”).

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State of Colorado v. Kelly Turner

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

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United States of America v. Integrated Pain Associates, PLLC and Day Surgery Center, LLC

Waco, Texas civil litigation lawyers represented Defendants accused of violating the false claims act by overbilling federal healthcare programs.

The United States’ allegations arise from IPA and CTDSC’s submission of claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE for facet joint injections, transforaminal injections, and radiofrequency ablation procedures. The United States contends that

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Mario J. Gutierrez v. Commissioner, SSA

Denver, CO - Social Security lawyer represented defendant with appealing from a district court order that affirmed the Commissioner’s denial of his applications for disability insurance benefits (DIB) and supplemental security income (SSI).



Gutierrez has a GED and has worked as a roofer and a production assembler. He
clai

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United States of America v. Lisa Hofschulz and Robert Hofschulz

Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with drug-trafficking conspiracy and “pill mill” operation.

Lisa Hofschulz, age 61, and Robert Hofschulz, age 74, were the owners and operators of Clinical Pain Consultants (“CPC”), which operated in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. Following a 9 day trial in August 2021, a federal jury found Lisa Hofschulz guilt

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United States of America v. Edward Douglas Cornman

Marquette, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraud.

Edward Douglas Cornman, 49, of Menominee, Michigan, was with 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 and work activities to the Soc

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United States of America v. Matthew Hogan Peters

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with tax evasion and submitting false and health care fraud.

Matthew Hogan Peters, 38, was sentenced to three years in federal prison and three years’ supervised release. Peters was also ordered to pay more than $3,441,263 million in restitution to the IRS, in addition to back taxes Peters has already paid.

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United States of America v. Bachtu ("Theresa") Phan and LAN Apothecar, Inc.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania qui tam lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on a False Claim Act violation theory claiming that Defendants charged Medicare for prescription medications that were not actually dispensed during the period from January 1, 2014 to June 29, 2019. These medications include, but are not limited to, Januvia, Janumet, Zetia, Tradjenta, Linzess, Advair Diskus, Namen

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United States of America v. Terry Brown

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged for unlawfully distributing controlled drugs.

Terry Brown, a resident of Wexford, Pennsylvania owned and operated Cherry Way, a Suboxone clinic, located in Bridgeville PA, and Foster was a medical director at Cherry Way. Brown and Foster conspired together to create and submit unlawful prescriptions for Suboxo

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United States ex rel. Myron Jones, M.D., et al. v. Milton Hall Surgical Associates, LLC d/b/a The ENT Institute and a/k/a the Ear, Nose & Throat Institute, Jeffrey M. Gallups, M.D., et al.

Atlanta, Georgia qui tam lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. 3729) violation theories for paying illegal kickbacks.

Dr. Jeffrey M. Gallups (founder, owner, medical director and past-CEO of Milton Hall Surgical Associates (“MHSA”) a/k/a The Ear, Nose & Throat Institute) and Entellus Medical were accused of paying illegal kickbacks.

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United States of America v. Peter Bolos

Greeneville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with mail fraud, conspiracy to commit health care fraud and introduction of a misbranded drug into interstate commerce.

Peter Bolos, age 44, and his co-conspirators, Andrew Assad, Michael Palso, Maikel Bolos, Larry Smith, Scott Roix, HealthRight LLC, Mihir Taneja, Arun Kapoor, and Sterling Knight Pharmaceuticals,

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United States of America v. Tamika Adams

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with health care fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Tamika Adams, 45, was indicted for conspiracy to commit health care fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349, health care fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1347 and aggravated identity theft in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1028 A and 2.

During her plea heari

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ROBERT V.A. HARRA, JR. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DAVID GIBSON A UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. WILLIAM B. NORTH UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. KEVYN N. RAKOWSKI

New York, NY - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with a conspiracy to defraud the United States, commit securities fraud, and make false statements to regulators charges.



A. The Bank’s Internal Practices
For many years before the Great Recession, Wilmington Trust maintained a significant commercial re

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