London, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking.

James Alvin Chaney (“Ace”) and Lesa Chaney owned and operated a highly profitable clinic in Hazard, Kentucky called Ace Clinique of Medicine. Eventually, the clinic attracted suspicion that it was a “pill mill”: a clinic that
distributes addictive prescription pills without a ... More...   $0 (12-28-2023 - OH)

Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to import a controlled substance in Violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a), 960(a)(1), and 960(b)(3)).

According to the plea agreement, on August 12, 2021, Grace Kohler, Elizabeth Brown, and another woman traveled to Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, for a vacation. While there, the women went to a pharmacy ca... More...   $0 (11-29-2023 - CO)

Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and illegal payments to non-licensed physician.

James Wesley Moss was a part-owner and CEO of Florida Pharmacy Solutions (FPS), a Florida-based pharmacy that specialized in compounded prescription drugs. David Byron Copeland was also a part-owner and senior sales manager a... More...   $0 (11-14-2023 - FL)

Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with filling forged prescriptions for controlled substances over several years in exchange for more than $640,000.

Hasna Bashir Iwas, 62, of New Baltimore, who owned and operated the former Beacon Pointe Pharmacy, was charged with 26 counts of conspiracy and the unlawful distribution of prescription drug controll... More...   $0 (11-06-2023 - mI)

San Antonio, Texas civil litigation lawyer represented Defendants accused of wrongfully dispensing of opioids and other controlled substances.

Pursuant to an agreed consent judgment and permanent injunction, the court enjoined Zarzamora Healthcare LLC, doing business as Rite-Away Pharmacy & Medical Supply #2, along with pharmacist-owner Jitendra Chaudhary, from dispensing certain opioid p... More...   $0 (10-11-2023 - TX)

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud, kickback, and money laundering.

Shalondria Simpson, 45, of Houston, is a pharmacist who owned and operated two pharmacies in Houston: Advance Pharmacy (Advance) and TruCare Pharmacy (TruCare). Simpson’s twin sister, physician Lashondria Simpson-Camp, 45, of Allen, Texas, allegedly referred ... More...   $0 (09-26-2023 - TX)

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of controlled substances.

Thomas J. Romano, age 73, of Wheeling, West Virginia, owned and operated a self-named pain management clinic in Martin’s Ferry to which individuals traveled hundreds of miles to obtain prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances. Romano charged $750 for an i... More...   $0 (09-20-2023 - OH)

Kansas City, Kansas civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused of violating the civil provisions of the Controlled Substance Act (CSA).

Four B. Corporation, doing business as Balls Food Stores, owns and operates retail pharmacies in the Kansas City metro area including Price Chopper Pharmacy located on East Santa Fe Street in Olathe, Kansas.

In passing the CSA, the U.... More...   $250000 (09-19-2023 - KS)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented the Defendant, charged with:

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: RCSP, POSSESSING/RECEIVING/CONCEALING STOLEN PROPERTY, in violation of 21 O.S. 1713(A)
Date of Offense: 10/16/2022
BRYANT, DARREN LEE
Disposed: CONVICTION, 09/18/2023. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: POSSESSING/RECEIVING/CONCEALING STOLEN PROPERTY(RCSP)
Violati... More...   $0 (09-18-2023 - OK)

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with running a pill-mill pharmacy that unlawfully dispensed over 100,000 opioid pills in exchange for cash.

From January 2014 to January 2018, Deanna Winfield-Gates, 54, of Houston, was a relief pharmacist at Health Fit Pharmacy (Health Fit), a cash-only, pill-mill pharmacy. Health Fit dispensed controlled substances... More...   $0 (09-14-2023 - TX)

New Haven, Connecticut employment law lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on a wrongful failure to pay E.R.I.S.A. benefits.

This was a putative class action involving allegations that defendant Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company ("Cigna") fraudulently schemed to overcharge millions of people for prescription drugs in violation of the terms of their health plans. We are ... More...   $0 (08-22-2023 - CT)

Tulsa Oklahoma whistleblower lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on a false claims act violation theory.

This was a qui tam False Claims Act case in which Relator, on behalf of the United States and several states, alleges Defendant Pharmacies obtained overpayment of reimbursements from government funded healthcare programs by reporting their usual and customary (U&C)... More...   $1 (08-09-2023 - OK)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania civil litigation lawyers represented Defendants accused of violation the False Claims Act by billing Medicare for prescription medications that were not actually dispensed. During the period January 1, 2012, to December 31, 2016, these medications included but were not limited to Lidocaine, Lidoderm, Advair Diskus, Nexium, Creon, and Abilify. Future Pharmacy and JJ Pharm... More...   $0 (08-01-2023 - PA)

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with participating in a health care fraud scheme that bilked TRICARE – the health care program that covers United States service members–out of more than $65 million.

Jimmy and Ashley Collins, a married couple living in Birchwood, Tennessee, admitted they worked with others to recruit TRICARE beneficiaries wh... More...   $0 (07-28-2023 - CA)

Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to unlawfully distribute controlled substances and filing false tax returns.

Nathan Thomas Carter, 41, of Gadsden, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and three counts of filing false federal income tax returns

According to the plea agreement, betwe... More...   $0 (07-18-2023 - AL)

Plano, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud.

Oscar Simon Ndereva, 45, was involved in an intricate scheme to defraud private pay health insurance payors. Specifically, he used a fraudulent healthcare pharmacy called “Healogix” to submit fraudulent claims. Ndereva caused the fraudulently obtained funds to be paid directly to bank accounts he op... More...   $0 (07-14-2023 - TX)

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with theft of public money or property.

Pharmacist Tangtang Zhao, 36, of Chicago, stole CDC-issued COVID-19 vaccination cards from the pharmacy where he worked, and sold them to buyers across the country through an online marketplace. Zhao and other pharmacists administered COVID-19 vaccinations to the public, and the... More...   $0 (06-26-2023 - IL)