Health Care Fraud

DALLAS — A 52-year-old registered nurse and home health company owner from Cedar Hill, Texas, 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. Patricia Akamnonu was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to the…

The former owner and operator of three medical clinics located in Los Angeles was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for his role in a scheme that submitted more than $4.5 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Eileen M. Decker…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A Charlotte grand jury has indicted Jason Adam Townsend, 39, of Raeford, N.C., on health care fraud and aggravated identity theft charges, in connection with a scheme that defrauded Medicaid of millions of dollars, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.  The 10-count indictment was unsealed…

Healthcare employee data theft is a common occurrence, yet it is difficult to prevent determined employees from stealing healthcare data. A number of safeguards can be put in place to reduce the opportunity for data theft, and controls can be implemented to ensure that instances of theft are rapidly identified, but it is impossible to…

A Richmond Heights woman was sentenced to nearly eight years in prison for operating an $18 million home healthcare fraud scheme, law enforcement officials said. Sharon Ward, 45, was sentenced to 94 months in prison and ordered to pay $18 million in restitution after previously being found guilty to healthcare fraud and aggravated identity theft.…

The medical biller of a Chicago-area visiting physician practice was sentenced today to 45 months in prison for her role in a $4 million health care 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…

Dr. Richard Toussaint, a high profile Dallas anesthesiologist, has been indicted for health care fraud by a federal grand jury. Toussaint is a founder of Forest Park Medical Centers, a chain of for-profit hospitals. He is also a movie producer and philanthropist. Toussaint led medical missions to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, and to Honduras…