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Labcorp Agrees To Pay $14.5 Million To Settle Urine Drug Testing Fraud Allegations

September 24, 2026

The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced on July 15, 2026 that Laboratory Corporation of America (Labcorp), a national diagnostics testing laboratory, has agreed to pay $14.5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitti[...]

2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown: 455 Defendants Charged With Over $6.5 Billion In Alleged Fraud

September 7, 2026

The United States Department of Justice announced on June 23, 2026 the 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, which resulted in charges against 455 defendants, including 90 doctors and other licensed medical professionals, for their alleged participation in health care fraud and opioid abuse sche[...]

PT Practice Owners Sentenced To Jail For Medicare Fraud

August 21, 2026

Two residents of Erie County, Pennsylvania, each have been sentenced in federal court to six years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a $250,000 fine on their convictions of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and healthcare fraud. United States District J[...]

Former Teacher Pleads Guilty In $51 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

August 18, 2026

On April 16, 2026, former teacher Jeanett Valenzuela Ayub pleaded guilty in federal court, admitting that she conspired with others to launder millions of dollars of health care fraud proceeds. In total, Valenzuela admitted that she and her co-conspirators billed Medicare nearly $51 million for bogu[...]

Lab Owner Convicted In $328M Genetic Testing Fraud Scheme

April 18, 2026

A federal jury in Dallas convicted a Texas laboratory owner and former NFL player on February 19, 2026 for his role in a $328 million cardiovascular genetic testing fraud scheme. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Keith J. Gray, 39, of McKinney, Texas, orchestrated a schem[...]

Health Care Software Company’s CEO Convicted Of $1B Medicare Fraud Conspiracy

August 1, 2025

A federal jury convicted the CEO of Power Mobility Doctor Rx, LLC (DMERx) for his role in operating a 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 and evidence presented at tri[...]

Minnesota Couple Indicted In $15 Million Medical Billing Fraud Scheme

June 9, 2025

On April 10, 2025, an indictment was unsealed alleging that Gabriel Langford and Elizabeth Brown, a Minnesota couple, engaged in a $15 million scheme to defraud Medicare, Medicaid, and other insurers by overbilling for neurofeedback therapy, following the couple’s arrest and initial appearances in[...]

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 [...]

Medicare Advantage Provider Seoul Medical Group Agrees To Pay More Than $62 Million To Settle False Claims Lawsuit

March 29, 2025

Seoul Medical Group Inc. and its subsidiary Advanced Medical Management Inc., headquartered in the Koreatown area of Los Angeles, have agreed to pay $58.74 million and their former president and majority owner, Dr. Min Young Cha, has agreed to pay $1.76 million for allegedly violating the False Clai[...]

Criminal Convictions And Civil Settlements Announced In Nationwide Telemedicine Fraud Schemes

January 21, 2025

The United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan announced on November 18, 2024 two criminal convictions and three civil settlements against a second wave of doctors who participated in nationwide telemedicine fraud schemes by ordering medically unnecessary orthotic braces and genetic[...]

Walgreens Agrees To Pay $106.8M To Settle Allegations It Billed For Prescriptions Never Picked Up

November 8, 2024

The United States Department of Justice announced on September 13, 2024 that Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. and Walgreen Co. (together, Walgreens) have agreed to pay $106.8 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act and state statutes for billing government health care programs for[...]

DaVita Pays Over $34M To Resolve Illegal Kickbacks Allegations

September 21, 2024

The U.S. Attorney’s Office of the District of Colorado announced on July 18, 2024 that DaVita Inc., which is one of the largest providers of kidney care services in the U.S. and which served approximately 250,200 patients at 3,042 outpatient dialysis centers (2,675 centers were located in the[...]

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