Chicago, Illinois criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with home health care fraud.

Patricia Omorogbes, age 61, and Felix Omorogby, age 71, owned and operated three home health companies: A&Z Home Health Care and Dominion Home Health Care, both located in Lansing, and Alliance Home Health Care, located in Hammond, Indiana. From approximately January 2009 to June 2018, the Om... More...   $0 (09-30-2022 - IL)

Boston, Massachusetts criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with violating the False Claims Act by causing the submission of false claims to Medicare and Medicaid by paying kickbacks to physicians to induce them to prescribe Biogen drugs.

In his lawsuit filed in the District of Massachusetts, Bawduniak alleged that Biogen paid kickbacks to physicians to induce them to prescri... More...   $843805187 (09-26-2022 - MA)

Detroit, Michigan criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding Medicare by billing for services under another doctor’s name after Medicare revoked his privileges to participate in the program.

The defendant, Dr. Kenneth Mitchell, 60, of Oakland County, Michigan, was also charged for falsification of records designed to prevent detection of this fraud and aggravated ... More...   $0 (09-17-2022 - MI)

Springfield, Missouri criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with making a false statement related to healthcare and to Conspiring with Employees to Illegally Issue Controlled Substances to Patients

On Dec. 7, 2021, Halley pleaded guilty to one count of making a false statement to Medicare to obtain insurance coverage for a fentanyl prescription and to one count of conspiracy to us... More...   $0 (09-13-2022 - MO)

Columbia, South Carolina criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with theft of Government Funds totaling over $258,000.00.

Evidence presented to the Court showed Crystal Deveaux, age 61, of Eastover, South Carolina, unlawfully obtained Social Security Retirement Insurance Benefits (RIB) on behalf of her deceased grandmother, which she used for her own personal benefit from June 2001... More...   $0 (09-12-2022 - SC)

Minneapolis, Minnesota qui tam lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on False Claims Act violations.

Bayer Corporation, an Indiana corporation and manufacturer of pharmaceutical products, and its related entities, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc., Bayer HealthCare LLC and Bayer AG (collectively “Bayer”), agreed to pay $40 million to resolve alleged violations of the F... More...   $0 (09-06-2022 - MN)

San Jose, California criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud, health care fraud, conspiracy to pay kickbanks and paying illegal kickbacks.

Mark Schena, 59, of Los Altos, California, served as the president of Arrayit Corporation. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Schena engaged in a scheme to defraud Arrayit’s... More...   $0 (09-02-2022 - CA)

Charleston, South Carolina civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused of violation the False Claims Act.

Philips RS North America LLC, formerly known as Respironics Inc., a manufacturer of durable medical equipment (DME) based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay over $24 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it misled federal health care programs by p... More...   $0 (09-02-2022 - SC)

Charleston, South Carolina civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act.

Philips RS North America LLC, formerly known as Respironics Inc., a manufacturer of durable medical equipment (DME) based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, agreed to pay over $24 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it misled federal health care programs by payi... More...   $0 (09-01-2022 - )

Charlotte, North Carolina civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant charged with violating the False Claims Act.

Charlotte-based BSN Medical Inc. (BSN) has agreed to resolve allegations that it marketed and promoted various products that did not meet the Medicare or Medicaid program’s reasonable and necessary requirements, thereby causing the submission of false claims for payment ... More...   $0 (08-25-2022 - NC)

Dallas, Texas civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused for violating the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks by causing claims to be submitted to Medicare and Medicaid.

Essilor manufactures, markets and distributes optical lenses and equipment used to produce optical lenses. The United States alleged that between Jan. 1, 2011, and Dec. 31, 2016, Essilor knowingly and willfu... More...   $0 (08-23-2022 - TX)

Corpus Christi, Texas criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with violating the False Claims Act by submitting claims to Medicare for non-covered hospice services.

Familia Healthcare Services Inc. dba Del Cielo Hospice and Palliative Care knowingly submitted false claims from May 12, 2017, through Jan. 31, 2022. The claims allegedly involved hospice services for patients who were n... More...   $0 (08-19-2022 - TX)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally dispensing controlled drugs.

Philadelphia-based Spivack, Inc., previously operating under the name Verree Pharmacy, and owner-pharmacist Mitchell Spivack, to resolve allegations that they engaged in a years-long practice of illegally dispensing opioids and other controlled substances, and systemati... More...   $0 (08-14-2022 - PA)

Salt Lake City, Utah civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant seeking reimbursement for health care.

Like many diabetics, Linda Smith uses a prescribed continuous glucose
monitor (CGM) to track and regulate her glucose levels. When Smith purchased
her CGM and its necessary supplies between 2016 and 2018, she sought
reimbursement for her expenses throug... More...   $0 (08-12-2022 - UT)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania civil litigation lawyers represented party accused of illegally dispensing opioids.

Philadelphia-based Spivack, Inc., previously operating under the name Verree Pharmacy, and owner-pharmacist Mitchell Spivack, agreed to pay over $4 million to resolve allegations that they engaged in a years-long practice of illegally dispensing opioids and other controlled subst... More...   $4000000 (08-11-2022 - PA)

Midland, Texas criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with failing to pay employment taxes withheld from the employees of his trucking company.

Thomas Valdez Rodriguez, 45, was the owner of both Tom-E-Lee Trucking and Tom-E-Lee Industries. From 2012 through 2018, Rodriguez failed to pay employment taxes withheld from the employees of his trucking company. Also from 2015 to ... More...   $0 (08-10-2022 - TX)

Augusta, Georgia - criminal law lawyer - Telemedicine Fraud

Sherley L. Beaufils, 44, of Conyers, Ga., was sentenced to 87 months in prison after a U.S. District Court jury convicted her of participating in an illegal kickback conspiracy, and five counts each of Health Care Fraud, False Statements Related to Health Care, and Aggravated Identity Theft, said David H. Estes, U.S. Attorney for... More...   $0 (08-10-2022 - GA)

Des Moines, Iowa criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with tax and bank fraud.

Thomas Sieren, age 59, is charged in a 24-count indictment returned on July 19, 2022. According to court documents, Sieren was the Vice President of TCS Fabricating, Inc., a local fabrication company. TCS Fabricating, Inc. was required by law to withhold taxes from employee wages and to pay the wit... More...   $0 (08-08-2022 - IA)

Nashville, Tennessee criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with Medicare and Medicaid fraud conspiracy.

Fadel Alshalabi, 54, of Waxhaw, North Carolina, was originally charged in July 2021, with conspiracy and violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute for his role in orchestrating a fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid billing scheme related to genetic testing. Alshalabi is the owne... More...   $0 (08-05-2022 - TN)

Ft. Pierce, Florida - criminal law lawyer - health care fraud

Ariel Madero Paez, 56, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Ft. Pierce to fraudulently billing Medicare over $2 million for durable medical that was never provided to beneficiaries.

According to court records, from November 2021 through May 2022, Madero owned Always Medical Supply (“Always”), located in Stuar... More...   $0 (08-04-2022 - FL)

Charlotte, North Carolina criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with medicare fraud.

Glenn Pair, 36, of Stonecrest, Georgia was accused of participating in a scheme that defrauded the Medicaid programs in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia of more than $5 million, participating in a scheme that defrauded the Medicaid programs in North Carolina, South Carolina and Geor... More...   $0 (07-27-2022 - NC)

Cape Girardeau, Missouri qui tam lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendant on a False Claims Act violation theory.

There are several ways to prove that a claim is “false or fraudulent” under the
False Claims Act. 31 U.S.C. § 3729(a)(1). One of them is to show that it “includes
items or services resulting from a violation” of the anti-kickback statute. 42 U.S.C.More...   $0 (07-26-2022 - MO)