Politics

Owner of Los Angeles Medical Supply Company Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for $3.3 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

The former owner of a Los Angeles- based medical supply company was sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in a fraud scheme that resulted in $3.3 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare on May 26 .

Two North Carolina Residents Indicted for Conspiracy to File False Tax Returns

Two Mecklenberg County, North Carolina, residents were indicted on May 21 in Charlotte, North Carolina, with conspiracy to defraud the United States and filing false, fictitious or fraudulent claims, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General...

Tax Fraud Promoters Sentenced to Prison for Conspiring to Defraud Internal Revenue Service

A Midvale, Utah, man and a Henderson, Nevada, woman were sentenced Wednesday in the U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City for tax crimes, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Justice Department’s Tax Division and U.S...

U.S. Army Sergeant Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Taking Bribes While Deployed in Afghanistan

A sergeant with the U.S. Army was sentenced Thursday to 51 months in prison for accepting bribes from Afghan truck drivers at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Gardez in Afghanistan, in exchange for allowing the drivers to take thousands of gallons of fuel...

Five School Bus Owners Indicted for Bid-Rigging and Fraud Conspiracies at Puerto Rico Public School Bus Auction

A federal grand jury in San Juan, Puerto Rico, returned an indictment against five individuals for participating in bid rigging and fraud conspiracies at an auction for public school bus transportation contracts in Puerto Rico’s Caguas municipality,...

Physician Pleads Guilty For Role in Detroit-Area Medicare Fraud Scheme

A licensed physician and former owner of a Detroit-area medical practice pleaded guilty on Wednesday for his role in a $4.2 million health care fraud scheme.

Medco to Pay $7.9 Million to Resolve Kickback Allegations

Medco Health Solutions Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts Holding Company, of Missouri, has agreed to pay the government $7.9 million to settle allegations that it engaged in a kickback scheme in violation...

Government Settles False Claims Act Allegations against Florida Neurologist for $150,000

Dr. Sean Orr of Jacksonville, Florida, has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by providing medically unnecessary services and drugs to federal health care program beneficiaries, the Department of Justice...