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National healthcare fraud enforcement action results in charges involving more than $1.4 billion in alleged losses WASHINGTON: A strategically coordinated, six-week nationwide federal law enforcement action has resulted in criminal charges against 138 defendants, including 42 doctors, nurses, and,,,

Louisiana Doctor Indicted for Illegally Dispensing Over One Million Doses of Opioids and for $5.1 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in New Orleans, Louisiana, returned an indictment on August 26, 2021 charging a Louisiana physician for his role in distributing over 1,,,

Businessman Sentenced to 14 Months in Prison for Paying Bribes to Federal and D.C. Employees WASHINGTON – Charles M. Thomas, 47, was sentenced today to 14 months in prison for paying bribes to two employees of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as well as to an employee of the,,,

Federal Jury Convicts Former East Tennessee Clinic Owner Of Unlawful Opioid Distribution CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – On September 1, 2021, following a three-day trial in the United States District Court at Chattanooga, a jury convicted Mark Daniel Allen, 64, formerly of Manchester, Tennessee, of unlawfully,,,

Nurse Practitioner Charged in Alleged $2.3 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A registered nurse and nurse practitioner who allegedly billed and received more than $2.3 million dollars from commercial health insurers and Medicaid for services he falsely claimed to have performed on,,,

Suburban Chicago Nursing Facility To Pay $360,000 To Resolve False Claims Act Allegations CHICAGO — The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago today announced that a suburban Chicago nursing facility has agreed to pay $360,000 to resolve civil allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by,,,

Maryland Man Sentenced to 7 ½-Year Prison Term For Fraud, Money Laundering, and Identity Theft Scheme WASHINGTON – Kelvin Otunyo, 37, of Hyattsville, Md., was sentenced today to 90 months in prison on federal charges stemming from his role in at least six schemes to deposit and launder stolen and,,,

Columbia Woman Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud Hattiesburg, Miss. – A Columbia, Mississippi woman pled guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of health care fraud. According to court documents, beginning in 2016 and continuing for well over two years, Joy Beth Harden, 51, executed a scheme to,,,

Former USDA Official Sentenced in Bribery Case WASHINGTON – Richard Holman, the former Chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Coordination, Physical Security Division, was sentenced today to 180 days of home detention and fined $110,000 for,,,

Hospice Facility Owner Indicted for Health Care Fraud NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that SHIVA AKULA (“AKULA”), age 65, of New Orleans, Louisiana was charged by a grand jury on August 5, 2021, in a 23-count Indictment for Health Care Fraud. AKULA owned and oversaw the day-to,,,