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Induced Into Harm: When Doctors and Hospitals Betray Mother and Child
“Where is my baby? Why can’t I hear her.”
Birthing Expert Says Induced Labor Is Overused
Early induction of labor is increasing worldwide. It isn’t that 21st-century women are less able to carry their babies to full term than 20th-century women were. Other factors are in play, and they’re not the same in every country.
Virginia Hospital Indicted For Unnecessary Hysterectomies, Defrauding Medicare
Chesapeake Regional Medical Center (CRMC) in Virginia was indicted by a federal jury for allegedly committing healthcare fraud and conspiring to defraud the government. Prosecutors assert that the hospital enabled Dr. Javaid Perwaiz, an OBGYN, to perform medically unnecessary hysterectomies.
Arizona Couple Plead Guilty for Fraud in Case Where They Charged Healthcare for Expensive and Unneeded Wound Graft Procedures
Alexandra Gehrke, 39, and Jeffrey King, 46, a husband and wife from Phoenix, Ariz., pleaded guilty to submitting or causing to be submitted over $1.2 billion in false claims to Medicare, as well as other health care insurance programs like TriCare and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA), […]
Largest COVID Scam Ever: Scammers Allegedly Filed for 600 Million of Fake Benefits
Tiffany Williams, Janine Davis, Keith Williams, James Hames Jr., Morais Dicks, Ewendra Mathurin and Jamari Lewis, all from New York, have been charged in an indictment unsealed on Jan. 22 for tax fraud related to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a DOJ press release.
Colorado Business Woman Withheld Taxes from Employees, Never Paid IRS
Shandel Arkadie, from Agate, Colo., pleaded guilty on Jan. 22 to failing to pay employment taxes, according to a DOJ press release. Arkadie admitted to not paying at least $1.5 million worth of taxes.
Nursing Home and its CEO Plead Guilty to Fraud and Tax Conspiracy
Kevin Breslin, 58, from Hoboken, N.J., Chief Executive Officer and Managing Member of KBWB Operations LLC, as well as one of six owners of a nursing home company, pleaded guilty on Dec. 17 to health care fraud and tax conspiracy, according to a DOJ press release. KBWB Operations LLC also pleaded guilty on Jan. 21. […]
Texas Pharmacist Pleads Guilty in Wide-Ranging Compound Drugs Kickback Scheme
John Ageudo Rodriguez, 55, from McAllen, Texas, pleaded guilty on Jan. 16 to conspiracy charges involved with paying kickbacks for prescription referrals, according to a DOJ press release.
Pill Mill Doc Convicted on 467 Counts
On Dec. 31, a federal court found Joel Smithers, a former doctor from Martinsville, Va., guilty of multiple charges after a three-week jury trial. This was an affirmation of a previous conviction for the same crimes. A judge ordered the second trial after a U.S. Supreme Court decision changed how judges should instruct juries in […]
Southern California Labs to Repay $15 Million for Filing False Medical Claims
A couple from Southern California who ran Southern California Medical Center has agreed to pay $15 million to resolve accusations that they allegedly defrauded Medicare and Medi-Cal programs, according to a newly signed settlement.
Feds: California Online Pharmacies Sold Illegal Prescriptions, Laundered Proceeds
Jimmy Fu, a 63-year-old man from West Hills, Calif., was arrested on Oct. 30, 2024, and subsequently charged with one count of a money laundering conspiracy, according to a Justice Department press release.
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