Four Indicted for $16 Million Money Laundering Scheme -
On March 23, 2022, an indictment was unsealed in the Western District of Arkansas, charging four men for their involvement in wire fraud and money laundering schemes...more
3/28/2022
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Injury Disaster Loans ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Indictments ,
Investment Fraud ,
Money Laundering ,
SBA ,
UPS ,
USPS ,
Visa Fraud ,
Wire Fraud
DOJ and Treasury Announce Multilateral Russian Oligarch Task Force Called “REPO” -
On March 16, 2022, Attorney General Merrick Garland and Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen met with representatives from Australia,...more
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DOJ Civil Cyber-fraud Initiative Obtains First Settlement -
The Department of Justice announced on Tuesday, March 8th, that Comprehensive...more
3/11/2022
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Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Kickbacks ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Settlement ,
Subcontractors
DOJ Continues To Prosecute PPP Fraud -
Earlier this week, Ana Soto of Newark, Delaware pled guilty to fraudulently obtaining and spending money received through Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loans. Between March...more
3/7/2022
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
CARES Act ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Drug Pricing ,
Fraud ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Settlement
DOJ Attorneys Comment on the Rise of Telehealth Fraud During the COVID-19 Pandemic -
During the 2022 Qui Tam Conference of the Federal Bar Association, DOJ attorneys commented on the dramatic rise in the use of remote...more
2/28/2022
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
GAAP ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
IRS ,
Medicare ,
Non-GAAP Financial Measures ,
Qui Tam ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Telehealth
DOJ Releases Highly Anticipated 2021 Fraud Report -
The DOJ released the Fraud Section's Year in Review for 2021 describing its 329 individual convictions, 30 trial wins, and eight corporate resolutions that yielded...more
Millennial Couple Faces Twenty Years in Prison for Largest DOJ Bitcoin Seizure in History -
On February 7, 2022, authorities arrested a husband and wife in their 30s, Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, accused of...more
2/11/2022
/ Asset Seizure ,
Bitcoin ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Indictments ,
Money Laundering ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
Terrorist Financing ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Wire Fraud
DOJ Secures $5.6 Billion in False Claims Act Recoveries in Fiscal Year 2021 -
On February 1, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that the Department recovered approximately $5.6 billion in False Claims Act...more
2/4/2022
/ CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Fraud ,
Kickbacks ,
Managed Care Contracts ,
Medicare Advantage ,
Misappropriation ,
NFL ,
PSLRA ,
Purdue Pharma ,
Securities Fraud
Lab Owner Pleads Guilty to $6.9 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme Involving Kickbacks and Bribery -
On January 13, 2022, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a Florida man pled guilty in the Southern District of...more
1/24/2022
/ Bribery ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
DEA ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
FBI ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Kickbacks ,
Medicare ,
Virus Testing
Fraud Scheme Results in $56 Million Seized as Largest Recovery of Cryptocurrency by US -
On November 12, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California’s request was...more
11/19/2021
/ Bank Fraud ,
Bribery ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Investigations ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Injury Disaster Loans ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Fraud ,
Investors ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
SBA ,
Small Business ,
US State Departments ,
Visas ,
Wire Fraud
DOJ Files Complaint in AWP False Claims Act Suit Against Pharmaceutical Ingredient Seller -
On November 8, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it intervened in a qui tam suit and filed a False Claims Act...more
11/15/2021
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Bribery ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FBI ,
Fraud ,
Medical Devices ,
Medicare ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Qui Tam ,
TRICARE ,
Whistleblowers
Lab Owner Indicted For $100 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme -
On November 2, 2021, a federal grand jury in the Western District of Arkansas indicted Billy Joe Taylor of Arkansas for an alleged health care fraud scheme. ...more
11/5/2021
/ Criminal Investigations ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Diagnostic Tests ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Billing ,
FBI ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Indictments ,
Medicaid ,
Regulatory Violations
CEO of Defunct Medical Testing Lab to Pay $1.1 Million to Settle FCA and AKS Case -
Jae Lee, the former CEO of defunct Northwest Physicians Laboratory (NWPL), agreed to pay $1.1 million to resolve allegations that he...more
10/22/2021
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
CARES Act ,
Contractors ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
False Statements ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Kickbacks ,
Medicare ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
SBA ,
Settlement ,
TRICARE ,
Unemployment Benefits ,
Wire Fraud
DOJ Announces Charges Against 138 Defendants for Alleged Health Care Fraud Schemes Resulting in $1.4 Billion in Losses, with Focus on Telemedicine -
On September 17, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced criminal...more
The New York Attorney General’s office announced that drugmaker Endo Health Solutions has agreed to pay $50 million dollars to resolve a lawsuit brought by the state of New York as well as two New York counties alleging that...more
John Peter Smith Hospital (JPS) agreed to pay more than $3.3 million to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by upcoding hundreds of claims submitted to federal healthcare programs.
Texas Hospital to...more
A Florida owner of telemedicine companies is charged with orchestrating a health care fraud and illegal kickback scheme that involved the submission of over $784 million in false Medicare claims.
DOJ Charges Telemedicine...more
On August 11, 2021, Sheng-Wen Cheng was sentenced to 72 months in prison for his alleged participation in multiple schemes related to Covid-19 pandemic loan fraud and securities fraud.
Taiwanese National, Self-Proclaimed...more
8/16/2021
/ Bank Fraud ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FIRREA ,
Fraud ,
Insurance Fraud ,
Name and Likeness ,
NCAA ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
SBA ,
Sentencing ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Tax Fraud ,
Wire Fraud
On August 2, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Arriva Medical LLC (Arriva), once the nation’s largest Medicare mail-order diabetic testing supplier, and its parent company, Alere Inc., have agreed to...more
8/9/2021
/ Bribery ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Kickbacks ,
Medicare ,
Money Laundering ,
Patients ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Fraud ,
Settlement
On Monday, Senator Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, introduced the False Claims Amendments Act of 2021, section 2 of which would provide that defendants “may rebut an argument of materiality” as to an allegedly false claim submitted...more
8/2/2021
/ Charles Grassley ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Investigations ,
Materiality ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Qui Tam ,
Settlement ,
Universal Health Services Inc v United States ex rel Escobar ,
Whistleblowers
A regional hospital system in Akron, Ohio, Akron General Health System (AGHS) reached a $21.25 million settlement over allegations that an improper physician referral arrangement violated the Anti-Kickback Statute, Physician...more
On June 15, 2021, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a False Claims Act (FCA) suit against Paksn Inc., Prema Thekkek and one of its owners, and seven skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) owned by Thekkek and/or operated by...more
6/18/2021
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Embezzlement ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) ,
Fraud ,
Insider Trading ,
Kickbacks ,
Medical Directors ,
Skilled Nursing Facility ,
Wire Fraud
In addition to the ever-growing number of fraud charges brought in connection with the SBA’s PPP program, recent indictments issued across the country in connection with Covid-19 unemployment benefits and economic injury...more
6/7/2021
/ CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Economic Injury Disaster Loans ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Popular ,
SBA ,
Unemployment Benefits ,
Wire Fraud
COVID-19 Task Force Established to Enhance Enforcement Efforts against Fraud -
On May 17, 2021, the Department of Justice and U.S. Attorney General announced the establishment of the COVID-19 Fraud Enforcement Task Force,...more
5/24/2021
/ Attorney General ,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Falsified Documents ,
Fraud ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicaid ,
OIG ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
SBA ,
Vaccinations ,
Wire Fraud
Where’s the Beef? Two Charged with $650 Million Cattle Ponzi Scheme -
On May 12, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that a federal district court in Colorado unsealed an indictment alleging that two individuals ran...more
5/17/2021
/ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Investment Fraud ,
Investment Funds ,
Mergers ,
Misrepresentation ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Ponzi Scheme ,
Public Comment ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
State and Local Government ,
Stock Prices