Fraud and Abuse
Patient Recruiter Convicted in $1.1 Million Kickback Scheme
On Friday, Nov. 2, a federal jury found a patient recruiter guilty for her role in a scheme involving approximately $1.1 million in fraudulent Medicare claims for home health care that were procured through the payment of kickbacks. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider of…
Read MoreFormer health care chief executive sentenced to 9.5 years in federal prison
James Burkhart’s conspiracy reaped nearly $19.4 million in fraud and kickbacks, funding private jets, vacation homes, diamond jewelry, and gold bars PRESS RELEASE INDIANAPOLIS B United States Attorney Josh J. Minkler today announced the sentencing of the former CEO of American Senior Communities (ASC) in a massive fraud, kickback, and money laundering conspiracy. James Burkhart,…
Read MoreFormer Doctor Receives 5 Years in Prison and Ordered to Pay $15 Million in Restitution for Fraud
Former Pain Management Doctor Receives 5 Years in Health Care Fraud Case, Ordered to Pay More Than 15 Million Dollars in Restitution United States Attorney Richard W. Moore of the Southern District of Alabama announces today that Chief United States District Judge Kristi K. DuBose sentenced Rassan M. Tarabein, 58, a former neurologist residing in…
Read MoreTexas Mayor and Owners of Health Care Company Charged With Health Care Fraud, Money Laundering and Obstruction
Four individuals, including a Texas mayor who was a licensed physician and medical director, and three owners of a health care company, were charged in an indictment unsealed today for their roles in a $150 million health care fraud and money laundering scheme. Three of the defendants were also charged with counts relating to obstructing…
Read MoreOwner of Apple of Your Eye Healthcare Services, Inc. Sentenced to 210 Months in Prison for Role in Fraud Conspiracy
DALLAS — Wilbert James Veasey, Jr., 65, of Dallas, was sentenced this morning in federal court in Dallas on a health care fraud conspiracy conviction, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Veasey was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to 210 months in federal prison and order to…
Read MoreTexas Doctor Resentenced to Prison Following Appeal
TYLER, Texas – A 65-year-old Dallas County, Texas, physician, has been resentenced to federal prison for health care fraud and identity theft violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales. In July 2014, Tariq Mahmood, of Cedar Hill, Texas, was found guilty by a jury of conspiracy to commit health…
Read MoreDoctor Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Falsely Certifying Patients Were Terminally Ill
LOS ANGELES – A doctor from Pasadena who falsely certified that at least 79 Medicare and Medi-Cal patients were qualified for hospice care because they were terminally ill – when, in fact, the vast majority of them were not dying – has been sentenced to four years in federal prison. Boyao Huang, 43, was sentenced…
Read MoreFormer Hospital Employee Sentenced to 3 Years in Federal Prison for Stealing PHI and Filing Fraudulent Tax Returns
Tampa, Florida – U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew today sentenced Shanakia Benton to three years in federal prison for wrongful disclosure of individual identifiable health information and wire fraud. As part of her sentence, the Court also entered a money judgment in the amount of $77,239, the proceeds of the wire fraud. Benton pleaded…
Read MoreDoctor Heads to Prison for Home Health Care Fraud
Today, U.S. District Judge David Hittner, who presided over the trial, handed Dailey a 63-month sentence. He was further ordered to pay restitution of $913,620. Dailey will also be required to serve a term of three years of supervised release following completion of the prison term. At trial, the jury heard that from approximately 2009…
Read MoreNorth Richland Hills Physician Admits Role in Health Care Fraud Conspiracy
DALLAS, Texas — A licensed physician from North Richland Hills, Texas, Byron Felton Conner, 48, pleaded guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud stemming from a scheme to defraud Medicare through the submission of false claims for physician home visits and home health care services. The announcement was made today…
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