Fraud and Abuse
Two Doctors Convicted of Falsely Certifying ‘Patients’ as Terminally Ill as Part of $8.8 Million Healthcare Fraud Scheme
LOS ANGELES – Two doctors were found guilty today of federal health care fraud charges for falsely certifying that Medicare patients were terminally ill, and therefore qualified for hospice care, when the vast majority of them were not actually dying. Following a two-week trial, the doctors were found guilty of participating in a scheme…
Read MoreDallas firm that marketed compounded pain creams busted in massive health care fraud, kickback case
The owners of a Dallas firm that marketed pain and scar creams for North Texas drug compounding pharmacies were arrested Tuesday in connection with a large health care kickback scheme that bilked taxpayers out of $65 million, federal authorities said. Richard Robert Cesario, 44, of Plano, and John Paul Cooper, 47, of Southlake, were indicted,…
Read MoreFederal Jury Convicts Dallas Anesthesiologist on Health Care Fraud Offenses
DALLAS — Following a four-day trial before U.S. District Judge Reed C. O’Connor and approximately three hours of deliberation, a federal jury has convicted Dr. Richard Ferdinand Toussaint, Jr., a licensed anesthesiologist, on all counts of a superseding indictment charging seven counts of health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District…
Read MoreTwo Dallas-Area Doctors and Four Others Charged for Roles in $13.4 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Six individuals, including two Dallas-area doctors, were charged in a superseding indictment that was unsealed today for their alleged participation in a $13.4 million health care fraud scheme involving fraudulent claims for home health services. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District…
Read MoreFormer Texas Healthcare Employee Facing Jail for Disclosure of Patient Health Information
A former employee of State of the Heart Cardiology in Grapevine, TX, has entered into a plea deal in a case filed against her for the improper disclosure of patient health information. Ebony Shonte Echols, 35, agreed to plead guilty to the wrongful disclosure of Protected Health Information of a patient in the hope that…
Read MoreMiami Resident Sentenced to 108 Months in Prison for Defrauding Medicare Part D
A Miami resident was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks to 108 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $20,988,632 in restitution. Wifredo Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Shimon Richmond, Special Agent in Charge, Health and Human Services,…
Read More27 Year Sentence Issued for PHI Theft and Fraud
Violations of HIPAA Privacy Rule carry stiff sentences, with up to 10 years in jail for theft of PHI for personal gain; however using stolen data to commit fraud can carry far stiffer penalties as James Lee Cobb, III recently discovered. Florida Middle District Judge, Charlene Honeywell, recently passed a sentence of 27 years for…
Read MoreFormer President of Riverside General Hospital Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison in $158 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Former President of Riverside General Hospital Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison in $158 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme Operator of Psychiatric Facility Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison, and Owner of Group Home Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison The former president of a Houston hospital, his son and a co-conspirator were sentenced today to…
Read MoreAdministrator and Biller of Illinois Physician Group Convicted in $4.5 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon of the Northern District of Illinois, Special Agent in Charge Robert J. Holley of the FBI’s Chicago Division and Special Agent in Charge Lamont Pugh III of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector…
Read MoreTexas Doctor Sentenced to 135 Months in Federal Prison for Health Care Fraud Scheme
Texas Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Health Care Fraud Scheme TYLER, Texas – A 63-year-old Dallas County, Texas, physician, has been sentenced to federal prison for health care fraud and identity theft violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales. Tariq Mahmood, 63, of Cedar Hill, Texas, was found guilty…
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