Investigative Press Releases
Friday, July 10, 2020
Friday, July 10, 2020
WASHINGTON – Universal Health Services, Inc., UHS of Delaware, Inc. (together, UHS), and Turning Point Care Center, LLC (Turning Point), a UHS facility located in Moultrie, Georgia, have agreed to pay a combined total of $122 million to resolve alleged violations of the False Claims Act for billing for medically unnecessary inpatient behavioral health services, failing to provide adequate and appropriate services, and paying illegal inducements to federal healthcare beneficiaries, the Department of Justice announced today.
Friday, July 10, 2020
BILLINGS – The former president of Custom Carbon Processing, Inc. was sentenced today to 18 months in prison, three years of supervised release and fined $50,000 for his actions related to an explosion that injured three workers at the company’s oil processing plant in Wibaux, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.
A jury in September found Peter Margiotta, 63, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, guilty of all three counts in an indictment, including conspiracy, Clean Air Act—general duty and Clean Air Act-knowing endangerment.
Friday, July 10, 2020
Portland, Maine: U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank and the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation division (CI) today reminded taxpayers of the July 15 filing and payment deadline and warned against an increase in tax and COVID-19 scams.
Friday, July 10, 2020
With the July 15 federal income tax deadline rapidly approaching, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and IRS Criminal Investigation are reminding people that the tax filing and payment deadline is July 15, and to continue to be on the lookout for scam artists. Please know that the IRS will not contact you by phone, email, or social media to ask for your personal information.
Friday, July 10, 2020
NEW ORLEANS – The United States Attorney’s Office announced that a grand jury indicted ASHTON J. RYAN, age 72, of Kenner; WILLIAM BURNELL, age 70, of Kenner; ROBERT BRAD CALLOWAY, age 60, of Metairie; and FRANK J. ADOLPH, age 60, of Kenner, for defrauding First NBC Bank, the New Orleans-based bank that failed in April 2017.
Thursday, July 9, 2020
SAVANNAH, GA: A Georgia woman who operated a telemedicine network through two companies has admitted to participation in an ever-growing healthcare and telemedicine fraud scheme.
Thursday, July 9, 2020
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – A federal grand jury in Tallahassee returned an indictment on July 7, 2020, charging Phillip Golightly, 38, of Quincy, Florida, with two counts of Sexual Abuse of a Ward. Golightly, a U.S. Bureau of Prisons Correctional Officer at Federal Correctional Institution Marianna, is charged with sexually assaulting an inmate while on temporary duty at Federal Correctional Institution Tallahassee. The indictment was announced by Lawrence Keefe, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
Thursday, July 9, 2020
MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma reminded taxpayers of the July 15 filing and payment deadline and warned against an increase in tax and COVID-19 scams.
Thursday, July 9, 2020
NEWARK, N.J. – Seven people have been charged for their roles in conspiracies to pay and receive kickbacks in exchange for ordering genetic tests, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.