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Investigations Newsletter: Florida Telemarketer Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for $67 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

Florida Telemarketer Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for $67 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme - On December 6, Jose Goyos was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in managing a deceptive telemarketing scheme to...more

Investigations Newsletter: UCHealth Settles FCA Violations for $23 Million

UCHealth Settles FCA Violations for $23 Million - On November 12, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that University of Colorado Health (UCHealth) agreed to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims...more

Investigations Newsletter: New York City Mayor Eric Adams Charged for Accepting Foreign Bribes

New York City Mayor Eric Adams Charged for Accepting Foreign Bribes - On September 26, New York City Mayor Eric Adams was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, bribery, and two counts of soliciting donations from...more

Investigations Newsletter: DOJ Launches Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program

DOJ Launches Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program - On August 1, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the details of its new Corporate Whistleblower Awards Pilot Program. According to the DOJ, the...more

Investigations Newsletter: Teva and DOJ May Reach Settlement in Closely Watched AKS Lawsuit

Teva and DOJ May Reach Settlement in Closely Watched AKS Lawsuit - On June 16, Teva Pharmaceuticals filed a request with the First Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to hold in abeyance its interlocutory appeal concerning...more

Investigations Newsletter: Testing Facility Settles $2.5 Million Anti-Kickback Lawsuit

Testing Facility Settles $2.5 Million Anti-Kickback Lawsuit - On May 15, the US Attorneys for the Southern District of New York announced that they had settled their civil fraud lawsuit against Balance Diagnostics USA,...more

Investigations Newsletter: Big Baby’s Big Foul: Former NBA Star Glen 'Big Baby' Davis Sentenced to 40 Months for Healthcare Fraud...

Big Baby’s Big Foul: Former NBA Star Glen 'Big Baby' Davis Sentenced to 40 Months for Healthcare Fraud Scheme - On May 9, former Boston Celtics forward Glen “Big Baby” Davis was sentenced to 40 months in prison following...more

Investigations Newsletter: DOJ Secures Plea in $50 Million Medicare Fraud and Kickback Scheme

DOJ Secures Plea in $50 Million Medicare Fraud and Kickback Scheme - On April 26, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Manishkumar Patel pleaded guilty to charges related to a $50 million health care fraud and...more

Investigations Newsletter: Former Comptroller of Ecuador Convicted in International Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme

Former Comptroller of Ecuador Convicted in International Bribery and Money Laundering Scheme - On April 24, a Miami jury convicted Carlos Ramon Polit Faggioni, the former Comptroller General of Ecuador, for his role in an...more

Investigations Newsletter: Trio Sentenced to Eight to 15 Years in Prison for Laundering Proceeds of Telephone Scam

Trio Sentenced to Eight to 15 Years in Prison for Laundering Proceeds of Telephone Scam - Following a jury trial, three individuals were convicted of a money laundering conspiracy and sentenced to eight, 10, and 15 years...more

Investigations Newsletter: Commonwealth Financial Network Must Pay $72 Million in SEC Enforcement Action

Commonwealth Financial Network Must Pay $72 Million in SEC Enforcement Action - Late last week, a Massachusetts federal judge ordered Commonwealth Financial Network to pay over $72 million due to its “egregious” failure to...more

Investigations Newsletter: Cooperation Spares Former NBA Shooting Guard From Prison

Cooperation Spares Former NBA Shooting Guard From Prison - Former National Basketball Association (NBA) shooting guard, Antoine Wright, was sentenced to time served after he pled guilty to conspiracy and aggravated...more

Investigations Newsletter: Telemedicine Owner Pleads Guilty to $136 Million Medicare Fraud

Telemedicine Owner Pleads Guilty to $136 Million Medicare Fraud - A licensed nurse practitioner in New Jersey, Jean Wilson, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud. According to court...more

Investigations Newsletter: Former Healthcare Executives Convicted for Health Insurance Policy Fraud Scheme

Former Healthcare Executives Convicted for Health Insurance Policy Fraud Scheme - Steven Dorfman, the former chief executive officer and owner of the Florida-based healthcare company Simple Health, and John Sand, a former...more

Investigations Newsletter: Home Health Care Owner Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Medicare Fraud Scheme

Home Health Care Owner Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Medicare Fraud Scheme - This week, the owner of a home health company was sentenced to nine years in prison for orchestrating a nearly $2.8 million scheme...more

Investigations Newsletter: DC Federal Judge Dramatically Amplifies False Claims Act Damages Award

DC Federal Judge Dramatically Amplifies False Claims Act Damages Award - On January 16, Judge Rudolph Contreras of the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued an opinion agreeing in part with the federal...more

Investigations Newsletter: Health Care Network Settles False Claims Act Allegations for $345 Million

Health Care Network Settles False Claims Act Allegations for $345 Million - Community Health Network Inc. (CHN) has agreed to pay $345,000,000 to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act (FCA) for knowingly...more

Investigations Newsletter: Two Individuals Indicted for Operating $25 Million Crypto-Fraud

Two Individuals Indicted for Operating $25 Million Crypto-Fraud - On December 11, a federal court in California unsealed a superseding indictment, which charged two men with operating a $25 million cryptocurrency fraud...more

Investigations Newsletter: Hospital Executive and Three Physicians to Pay More Than $880,000 to Resolve Kickback Allegations

Hospital Executive and Three Physicians to Pay More Than $880,000 to Resolve Kickback Allegations - On Monday, December 4, 2023, a Lexington, Texas, hospital executive and three health care providers agreed to pay more...more

Investigations Newsletter: Three Men Sentenced for $54 Million TRICARE Fraud Scheme

Three Men Sentenced for $54 Million TRICARE Fraud Scheme - Three men were sentenced in connection with a $54 million bribery and kickback scheme involving TRICARE, a federal program that provides health insurance benefits...more

Investigations Newsletter: Federal Judge Rules Government Must Demonstrate “But-For” Causation for Anti-Kickback Statute Claims

Federal Judge Rules Government Must Demonstrate “But-For” Causation for Anti-Kickback Statute Claims - On September 27, 2023, Chief Judge Dennis Saylor of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled that...more

Investigations Newsletter: Lab Owner Sentenced to Over 16 Years for Health Care Fraud, Money Laundering

Lab Owner Sentenced to Over 16 Years for Health Care Fraud, Money Laundering - On September 26, 2023, a US District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina sentenced a Charlotte lab owner, Donald Booker, to over...more

Investigations Newsletter: Arkansas Men Convicted in $18 Million Global Investment Fraud Conspiracy

Arkansas Men Convicted in $18 Million Global Investment Fraud Conspiracy - A federal jury in the Western District of Arkansas convicted four men of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money...more

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