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Ambulance Company Settles Allegations of Billing Medicare for Unnecessary, Non-Emergency Ambulance Transportation Fairview Heights, Ill. – HealthOne Critical Care Transport Service, Inc. d/b/a MedicOne Medical Response (“MedicOne”) of Marion, Illinois, has agreed to pay $302,124.37 in a civil,,,

O’FALLON, IL, MAN SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. – Yesterday afternoon, in federal court in East St. Louis, IL, Emmitt T. Tiner, 55, of O’Fallon, Illinois, was sentenced to ten years in federal prison. On July 7, 2022, Tiner pled guilty to wire fraud, extortion,,,

Doctor Sentenced for Accepting Illegal Kickback Payments in Return for Writing Prescriptions for Compounded Drugs, Will Pay $3.1 Million in Civil Settlement ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A doctor licensed in Virginia, Maryland, and elsewhere was sentenced today to 3 years for writing and referring compounded,,,

Grand Jury Charges A Dozen New Bank Fraud Counts Against Former St. Bernard Parish Assistant District Attorney and Two Associates NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that a grand jury returned a superseding indictment on November 4, 2022 against GLENN E. DIAZ, age 71, of Arabi,,,

Fredericksburg Man Pleads Guilty to Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Scheme ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Fredericksburg man pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to obtain pandemic unemployment benefits. His family members were also indicted for their roles in the scheme, along with a separate mail theft and,,,

Maryland Man Pleads Guilty to “DMV Board” Dogfighting Conspiracy ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Today a Forestville, Maryland, man pleaded guilty to conspiring to engage in dogfighting. According to court documents, from at least May 2015 through August 2020, Laron Mecco “Frog” West, 46, and other conspirators,,,

Georgia Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Steal USDA-Mortgaged Houses Jackson, Miss. – A Georgia man was convicted today before Senior U.S. District Judge David C. Bramlette for conspiring to steal houses from the United States Department of Agriculture, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca,,,

Texas Man Sentenced to 12 Months and 1 Day for His Role as Executive National Marketing Director in Operating Sham Medical Reimbursement Account Program NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that JOSEPH ANTHONY BORINO, age 65, a resident of Spring Hill, Texas, was sentenced on,,,

Gadsden Marketer and Huntsville Businessman Plead Guilty in Multi-Million-Dollar Kickback and Health Care Fraud Cases TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Two individuals pleaded guilty to charges today in related cases involving multi-million-dollar health care fraud conspiracies, announced U.S. Attorney Prim F,,,

Eight more defendants charged in COVID-19 relief fraud schemes SAVANNAH, GA: Eight more people have been charged in federal court with participating in COVID-19 relief fraud schemes, with two of them pleading guilty. Each defendant is charged via an Information as the result of ongoing,,,