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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.

Report Jessika Saunders | Feb 21, 2025

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Tax Evasion

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.

Report Jessika Saunders | Feb 21, 2025

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Elder Fraud

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. […]

Report Jessika Saunders | Feb 20, 2025

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Medical Fraud

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.

Report Jessika Saunders | Feb 18, 2025

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Financial Gains

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 […]

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Feb 12, 2025

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Medical Fraud

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.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Feb 12, 2025

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Misrepresentation

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.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Dec 18, 2024

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Sex Abuse

Medical Horror: Urologist Gets Life for Sexually Abusing Patients, Including Children

Darius A. Paduch, a former urologist employed by two prominent medical institutions in the New York City area, was sentenced to life in prison on Nov. 20 for sexually abusing patients, according to a public statement by the Department of Justice. Some of those patients were minors who were subjected to Paduch’s egregious assaults for […]

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Dec 18, 2024

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Medical Fraud

UCHealth to Pay $23 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Violations

University of Colorado Health, doing business as UCHealth, has agreed to pay for allegedly violating the False Claims by automatically upcoding emergency room visits, according to a Justice Department press release.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Dec 17, 2024

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Medical Fraud

Feds: Florida Ophthalmology Practice Paid Kickbacks, Defrauded $1.3 Million

An ophthalmology practice called Brandon Eye, which has offices in Brandon, Sun City and Plant City, Fla., has agreed to pay $1.3 million to resolve violations of the federal False Claims Act and a similar state statute, according to a Nov. 12 Justice Department press release.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Dec 16, 2024

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Bribery

Feds: QOL Medical Paid “Kickbacks” in the Form of Free Breath Testing Kits

Frederick E. Cooper and his pharmaceutical company QOL Medical agreed to pay $47 million to resolve allegations that they caused the submission of false claims to federal health care programs by offering kickbacks in the form of free Carbon-13 breath testing services, to induce claims for QOL’s drug Sucraid, according to a Justice Department press […]

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Dec 11, 2024

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Medical Fraud

Preying on the Vulnerable: Tennessee Clinic Owner Coerced Patients to Have Unnecessary Back Injections, Overbilled $35 Million

Michael Kestner, a 72-year-old owner of Pain MD and MedManagement, Inc. clinics in Franklin, Tenn., has been convicted of orchestrating a healthcare fraud scheme that involved pressuring vulnerable patients into receiving unnecessary back injections, primarily targeting individuals undergoing opioid addiction treatment.

Report Strahinja Nikolić | Nov 18, 2024

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Largest COVID Scam Ever: Scammers Allegedly Filed for 600 Million of Fake Benefits

Colorado Business Woman Withheld Taxes from Employees, Never Paid IRS

Nursing Home and its CEO Plead Guilty to Fraud and Tax Conspiracy

Texas Pharmacist Pleads Guilty in Wide-Ranging Compound Drugs Kickback Scheme

Pill Mill Doc Convicted on 467 Counts

Southern California Labs to Repay $15 Million for Filing False Medical Claims

Feds: California Online Pharmacies Sold Illegal Prescriptions, Laundered Proceeds

Medical Horror: Urologist Gets Life for Sexually Abusing Patients, Including Children

UCHealth to Pay $23 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Violations

Feds: Florida Ophthalmology Practice Paid Kickbacks, Defrauded $1.3 Million

Feds: QOL Medical Paid “Kickbacks” in the Form of Free Breath Testing Kits

Preying on the Vulnerable: Tennessee Clinic Owner Coerced Patients to Have Unnecessary Back Injections, Overbilled $35 Million

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