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Alaska Doctor Receives Prison Term For $12.5M Health Care Fraud Scheme

May 17, 2026

According to the United States Department of Justice: An Anchorage doctor was sentenced on March 17, 2026 to six and a half years in prison and three years of supervised release for executing a $12.5 million health care fraud scheme and evading over $4 million in taxes on the profits of that 15-year[...]

United States Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Three National Health Insurance Companies And Three Brokers Alleging Unlawful Kickbacks And Discrimination Against Disabled Americans

July 5, 2025

On May 1, 2025, the United States filed a complaint under the False Claims Act (FCA) against three of the nation’s largest health insurance companies — Aetna Inc. and affiliates, Elevance Health Inc. (formerly known as Anthem), and Humana Inc. — and three large insurance broker [...]

Guilty Plea To $1B Health Care Fraud Conspiracy

April 11, 2025

On February 20, 2025, a Kansas man pleaded guilty to operating an internet-based platform that generated false doctors’ orders to defraud Medicare and other federal health care benefit programs of more than $1 billion. According to court documents, Gregory Schreck, 50, of Johnson County, admitted [...]

Federal Appellate Court Rules District Court Misapplied Coconspirator Exclusion To Hearsay Rule In Healthcare Fraud Case

December 2, 2024

The Anti-Kickback Statute (“AKS”) is a federal law prohibiting people from referring or accepting the referral of patients covered by a federal healthcare program in exchange for a payment. 42 U.S.C. § 1320a–7b. This statute was allegedly violated by John Holland, William Moore, and E[...]

Florida Lab Owner Charged In $53 Million Health Care Fraud And Kickback Scheme Related To Genetic Cancer Screening Tests

December 6, 2022

Lab Owner Charged In $53 Million Health Care Fraud: A Florida lab owner, Daniel Hurt, 48, of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has been charged with over $50 million in health care fraud related to fraudulent genetic cancer screening tests. Hurt is charged by information with one count of conspiracy to comm[...]

Georgia Anesthesia Group And Its Owners Pay $7.2 million To Resolve Kickback And False Claims Act Allegations

December 3, 2022

$7.2 million paid To Resolve Kickback And False Claims Allegations: The U.S. Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced on April 13, 2022 that Care Plus Management, LLC (“Care Plus”), which was created by Paul D. Weir (“Weir”) and Jo[...]

Georgia Anesthesia Group And Its Owners Pay $7.2 million To Resolve Kickback And False Claims Act Allegations

September 2, 2022

The U.S. Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced on April 13, 2022 that Care Plus Management, LLC (“Care Plus”), which was created by Paul D. Weir (“Weir”) and John R. Morgan, M.D. (“Morgan”), along with 18 anesthes[...]

Recoverable Damages In Negligent Reproductive Health Care Cases

False Claims Act Settlements And Judgments Exceeded $5.6 Billion In Fiscal Year 2021

August 10, 2022

The United States Department of Justice announced on February 1, 2022 that it obtained more than $5.6 billion in settlements and judgments from civil cases involving fraud and false claims against the government in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, which is the second largest annual total i[...]

Texas Physician Convicted For Unlawfully Prescribing Over 1 Million Opioid Pills

June 1, 2022

The United States Department of Justice announced on March 25, 2022 that a Texas physician was convicted for unlawfully prescribing more than one million pills of the opioid hydrocodone. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, James Pierre, 52, a Houston doctor, unlawfully pres[...]

South Florida Medical Clinic Owner Sentenced To 10 Years In $42M Health Care Fraud Conspiracy

April 8, 2022

On February 11, 2022, a federal district judge in Miami sentenced Bradley Jason Kantor (“Kantor”), 49, of Key Largo, Florida, to 10 years in federal prison for submitting approximately $42 million in fraudulent health care claims to United Healthcare. From April 2013 to March 2017, Kanto[...]

Three Charged With Healthcare Fraud Scheme To Sell Fraudulent Nursing Degrees

August 29, 2021

The United States Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Maryland announced on July 16, 2021 that a criminal complaint has been filed charging Patrick Nwaokwu, age 50, of Laurel, Maryland; Musa Bangura, age 62, of Manassas, Virginia; and Johanah Napoleon, age 45, of Wellington, F[...]

135 Month Prison Sentence For Health Care Fraud Involving Tricare

June 13, 2021

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida announced on May 28, 2021 that a Georgia man was sentenced on May 27, 2021 to over 135 months in federal prison for defrauding Tricare of approximately $12 million through a South Florida compounding pharmacy fraud scheme. Tricare[...]

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Tag: health care fraud

Alaska Doctor Receives Prison Term For $12.5M Health Care Fraud Scheme

United States Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Three National Health Insurance Companies And Three Brokers Alleging Unlawful Kickbacks And Discrimination Against Disabled Americans

Guilty Plea To $1B Health Care Fraud Conspiracy

Federal Appellate Court Rules District Court Misapplied Coconspirator Exclusion To Hearsay Rule In Healthcare Fraud Case

Florida Lab Owner Charged In $53 Million Health Care Fraud And Kickback Scheme Related To Genetic Cancer Screening Tests

Georgia Anesthesia Group And Its Owners Pay $7.2 million To Resolve Kickback And False Claims Act Allegations

Georgia Anesthesia Group And Its Owners Pay $7.2 million To Resolve Kickback And False Claims Act Allegations

False Claims Act Settlements And Judgments Exceeded $5.6 Billion In Fiscal Year 2021

Texas Physician Convicted For Unlawfully Prescribing Over 1 Million Opioid Pills

South Florida Medical Clinic Owner Sentenced To 10 Years In $42M Health Care Fraud Conspiracy

Three Charged With Healthcare Fraud Scheme To Sell Fraudulent Nursing Degrees

135 Month Prison Sentence For Health Care Fraud Involving Tricare

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