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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 [...]

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[...]

Essilor To Pay $16.4 Million To Resolve Alleged False Claims Act Liability For Paying Kickbacks

November 22, 2022

The United States Department of Justice announced on August 23, 2022 that Essilor International, Essilor of America Inc., Essilor Laboratories of America Inc., and Essilor Instruments USA (“Essilor”) have agreed to pay $16.4 million to resolve allegations that the company violated t[...]

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[...]

Medical Device Company Arthrex To Pay $16 Million To Resolve Kickback Allegations

December 22, 2021

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on November 8, 2021 that Arthrex Inc., a Florida-based medical device company, has agreed to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks that caused the submission of false claims to the Medicare program. The federal governm[...]

Anesthesia Providers And Outpatient Surgery Centers Pay $28M To Resolve Kickback And False Claims Act Allegations

December 21, 2021

The U.S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of Georgia announced on November 9, 2021 that three anesthesia providers and several Georgia outpatient surgery centers, as well as their physician-owners and an administrator, agreed to pay more than $28 million to resolve allegations that they enter[...]

Three Florida Men Charged With $46M Healthcare Fraud

May 25, 2021

The U.S. Departmnet of Justice announced on May 3, 2021 that three telemarketing company owners were charged for their alleged participation in a $47 million health care fraud, kickback, and money laundering scheme involving the referral of medically unnecessary cancer genetic tests to labs in excha[...]

Biogen To Pay $22M To Settle Illegal Kickbacks Allegations

January 9, 2021

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced on December 17, 2020 that Cambridge-based pharmaceutical company Biogen Inc. (Biogen) has agreed to pay $22 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by illegally using two foundations, Chronic D[...]

Federal Appellate Court Affirms Podiatrist’s Conviction For His Involvement In Illegal Kickback Scheme

December 15, 2020

On November 24, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a Georgia podiatrist’s conviction and sentence for his alleged role in an illegal kickback scheme involving TRICARE, a federal program for members of the military and their families. The Defendant, Dr. Alap Sha[...]

Medtronic Will Pay Over $9.2M To Settle Allegations Of Improper Payments To South Dakota Neurosurgeon

December 13, 2020

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on October 29, 2020 that Minnesota-based medical device maker Medtronic USA Inc. (“Medtronic”) has agreed to pay $8.1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to induce a South Dakota neurosurgeon to[...]

Gilead Will Pay $97M To Resolve Alleged False Claims Act Liability For Illegal Kickbacks

November 30, 2020

The U.S. Department of Justice announced on September 23, 2020 that the pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences, Inc. (“Gilead”), which is based in Foster City, California, has agreed to pay $97 million to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by illegally using a foundatio[...]

Anesthesiologist To Spend 66 Months In Prison For His Part In $200M Health Care Fraud Scheme

October 10, 2020

A 61-year-old anesthesiologist was sentenced on August 10, 2020 to 66 months in federal prison for his part in a $200 million health care fraud scheme, after pleading guilty to his involvement in the scheme involving the Forest Park Medical Center, a physician-owned hospital for bariatric and spinal[...]

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