Best Choice Home Health Care Agency Inc. and Its Owner Agree to Pay $1.8 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations That They Paid Kickbacks for Home Health Services Referrals
Best Choice Home Health Care Agency Inc. (Best Choice) and its owner, Reginald King, have agreed to pay $1.8 million to resolve allegations that Best Choice and King violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks for the referral of Medicaid-...
Nevada Business Owner and Bookkeeper Sentenced for Employment Tax Crimes
An owner of several Reno, on October 24, Nevada landscaping and rock hauling businesses was sentenced to 10 months in prison for failure to pay over employment taxes, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of...
Life Care Centers of America Inc. Agrees to Pay $145 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Relating to the Provision of Medically Unnecessary Rehabilitation Therapy Services
Life Care Centers of America Inc. (Life Care) and its owner, Forrest L. Preston, have agreed to pay $145 million to resolve a government lawsuit alleging that Life Care violated the False Claims Act by knowingly causing skilled nursing facilities (...
U.S. West Virginia Business Owners Plead Guilty to Failing to Pay Employment Taxes
Two Wayne County, West Virginia business owners pleaded guilty today to federal employment tax charges, announced Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo, head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, and U.S. Attorney Carol A...
Nation’s Largest Nursing Home Pharmacy to Pay Over $28 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations
The nation’s largest nursing home pharmacy, Omnicare Inc., has agreed to pay $28.125 million to resolve allegations that it solicited and received kickbacks from pharmaceutical manufacturer Abbott Laboratories in exchange for promoting the...
Former NCIS Supervisory Special Agent Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Taking Bribes from Defense Contractor in Massive Fraud and Corruption Scandal
A former Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) on 14 October supervisory special agent was sentenced in federal court to 144 months in prison for disclosing sensitive law enforcement reports to a defense contractor who was the target of a...
More than a tonne of MDMA valued at $145 million seized, two men charged
Australia’s largest drug haul this year has resulted in more than a tonne of crystal MDMA saved from entering the community and two men facing life behind bars after an Australian Federal Police (AFP) operation in Sydney in the past 48 hours.
Report from Thailand, Part 4: Strengthening Investigations Through Collaboration
As evening falls in Chiang Mai, the street market in the historic district teems with tourists shopping for bargains. Nearby, at one of the city’s ancient gates, an open-air park begins to fill with young people. This is where a different kind of...
