Dignity Health Agrees to Pay $37 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
Dignity Health has agreed to pay the United States $37 million to settle allegations that 13 of its hospitals in California, Nevada and Arizona knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare and TRICARE by admitting patients who could have been treated...
North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Aid International Terrorist Organization
Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Carlin, U.S. Attorney Ripley Rand for the Middle District of North Carolina and Special Agent in Charge John Strong of the FBI in North Carolina announced that Donald Ray Morgan pleaded guilty to...
Biomet Companies to Pay Over $6 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Concerning Bone Growth Stimulators
EBI LLC, doing business as Biomet Spine and Bone Healing Technologies and Biomet Inc. have agreed to pay $6.07 million to resolve allegations that EBI violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to induce use of its bone growth stimulators and...
Alabama Bail Bondsman Sentenced for Stealing Identities that Were Used to File Fraudulent Tax Returns
A former bail bondsman in Dothan, Alabama, was sentenced to serve 51 months in prison for his involvement in a stolen identity tax refund fraud (SIRF) scheme, Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Larry J. Wszalek for the Justice Department's Tax...
Utah Resident Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion, Filing Over $1.5 Million in False Claims for Refunds and Presenting $6.05 Million in Ficticious Financial Instruments
A man from Sandy, Utah, pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion, five counts of filing false claims for income tax refunds and three counts of filing fictitious obligations, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.
North Carolina Businessman Sentenced to Prison for Failing to Report More Than $1 Million in Income
A Wilmington, North Carolina, man was sentenced to serve 12 months and one day in prison for tax evasion by Chief U.S. District Judge James C. Dever III in Raleigh, North Carolina, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced....
Alabama Tax Preparers Indicted for Stolen Identity Refund Fraud
Two women from Phenix City, Alabama, were indicted for their involvement in a stolen identity refund fraud scheme (SIRF), Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General Larry J. Wszalek for the Justice Department's Tax Division and U.S. Attorney George L....
California Woman Sentenced for Conspiracy to Defraud Internal Revenue Service and Wire Fraud
A Fresno, California, resident was sentenced to serve 18 months in prison and pay $703,537 in restitution for conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) by aiding to obtain payment of fraudulent tax refund claims and committing wire...
