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Justice Department takes on Telehealth Providers over Deceptive Practices

In a significant move to combat healthcare fraud, the Justice Department, in coordination with the FTC, filed an amended complaint last month against Cerebral, Inc., a telehealth provider, and its executives.

Report Matthew Koelher

Political Figures

Former Las Vegas City Councilwoman Michele Fiore Charged with Stealing Money Donated for Police Statue

When you give money to a charity for fallen law enforcement officers, thinking that 100% of the proceeds are going to build a memorial statue, it might burn your butter to find out that the money was spent paying for someone’s extravagant wedding instead.

Feature Jessika Saunders

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Bribery

Pressure Mounts for Bob Menendez to Resign as 16-Count Conviction Sparks Talk of Expulsion

Remember the times when politicians promptly resigned over a scandal? They used to do the Walk of Shame down the Capitol steps with a box of their office items at the merest whiff of corruption. Not anymore.

Report Jessika Saunders

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Teachers

High School Track Coach Targeted Minors. How Was It Allowed to Go On for So Long?

San Diego teacher Sean Stevenson pleaded guilty on June 13 to charges that he sexually enticed a 16-year-old, according to a press release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of California.

Feature Teresa Tennyson

San Diego High School Teacher Sean Stevenson Convicted of Soliciting Sex with a Minor

Police

Police Officer Who Forced Man to Lick Urine from Floor Sentenced

A former Pearl, Mississippi Police Officer pleaded guilty to one count of acting under the color of law to deprive a person of their civil rights.

Report Seb Jenkins

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Medical Fraud

Georgia State Official Committed Healthcare Fraud, Headed to Prison

Report Nik Mebane

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Negligence

Company Hid Malfunctions in Lead Tests for Children, Pleads Guilty to Federal Criminal Charges

Magellan Diagnostics, Inc., a medical device company out of Billerica, Massachusetts, pled guilty to federal criminal charges in June over accusations that it concealed a malfunction of a device that recorded incorrectly low lead results in tests it provided for tens of thousands of their patients, many of whom were children, according to a Department […]

Report Nik Mebane

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Bribery

Another Navy Employee Goes Down for Bribery

A public official working for the Navy pled guilty in federal court last month for his role in a bribery scheme while at the Naval Information Warfare Center in San Diego.

Report Nik Mebane

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Corporate

Why Doesn’t Facebook Do Better Against Scammers?

Fraud on Facebook isn’t new. But the social media platform is one of the likeliest places you’ll encounter a scam.

Feature Teresa Tennyson

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Elder Fraud

Insurance Salesman Sentenced to 18 Years for Elder Financial Fraud

A man from Iowa was recently sentenced to an 18.5-year stint in federal prison for conning elderly victims out of $3 million.

Report Nik Mebane

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Medical Fraud

Florida Man Settles Medicare Fraud Case by Paying $27 Million

Daniel Hurt, of Fort Lauderdale, has agreed to pay the government $27 million to settle allegations that he conspired to violate the False Claims Act (FCA) by submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare for cancer genomic tests (CGx) that were not necessary, according to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release.

Report Nik Mebane

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Identity Theft

Florida Man Pleads Guilty in Zelle Fraud Case

Kader Gahmaal Biwaki Edmond pleads guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud following a $250,000 Zelle scam.

Report Seb Jenkins

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Justice Department takes on Telehealth Providers over Deceptive Practices

Former Las Vegas City Councilwoman Michele Fiore Charged with Stealing Money Donated for Police Statue

Pressure Mounts for Bob Menendez to Resign as 16-Count Conviction Sparks Talk of Expulsion

High School Track Coach Targeted Minors. How Was It Allowed to Go On for So Long?

Police Officer Who Forced Man to Lick Urine from Floor Sentenced

Georgia State Official Committed Healthcare Fraud, Headed to Prison

Company Hid Malfunctions in Lead Tests for Children, Pleads Guilty to Federal Criminal Charges

Another Navy Employee Goes Down for Bribery

Why Doesn’t Facebook Do Better Against Scammers?

Insurance Salesman Sentenced to 18 Years for Elder Financial Fraud

Florida Man Settles Medicare Fraud Case by Paying $27 Million

Florida Man Pleads Guilty in Zelle Fraud Case

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