mill Detroit-Area Nurse Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Role in $13.8 Million Home Health Care Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:30:15 EST Anthony Parkman, 41, of Southfield, Mich., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Gerald E. Rosen in the Eastern District of Michigan. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Group of Owned and Affiliated Florida Hospitals Agree to Pay US $10.1 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:21:07 EST Morton Plant Mease Health Care Inc. and its affiliated hospitals (Morton Plant) have agreed to pay $10,169,114 to the federal government to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for services rendered to Medicare patients, the Justice Department announced today. Morton Plant owns and operates, or is affiliated with, Morton Plant Hospital, St. Joseph’s Hospital, Morton Plant North Bay Hospital, St. Anthony’s Hospital, Mease Countryside Hospital and Mease Dunedin Hospital. These hospitals are part of the BayCare Health System in Florida’s Pinellas, Hillsborough and Pasco counties. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Florida’s Technological Research and Development Authority Pays $15 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:31:42 EST The Technological Research and Development Authority (TRDA) has agreed to pay $15 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act in connection with grants from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Economic Development Administration (EDA) of the Department of Commerce, the Justice Department announced today. TRDA, which was created by the Florida legislature as a special district, owns and operates a system of incubator facilities to nurture small businesses by providing low-rent office space and business development assistance. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Two Plead Guilty in Miami for Roles in $63 Million Mental Health Care Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:13:44 EST –A registered nurse pleaded guilty today and a former program coordinator pleaded guilty yesterday in connection with a health care fraud scheme involving defunct health provider Health Care Solutions Network Inc. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill South Carolina-based Harmony Care Hospice Inc. and CEO/Owner Daniel J. Burton to Pay U.S. $1.286 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:04:41 EST Harmony Care Hospice Inc. (Harmony) and Harmony owner and chief executive officer Daniel J. Burton have agreed to pay the United States $1,286,999.32 to settle allegations that the South Carolina-based company submitted false claims to Medicare for patients under care at its hospice facilities, the Justice Department announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Louisiana Generating to Install Pollution Controls and Pay $14 Million in Penalties and Projects to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 17:54:40 EST Louisiana Generating, an electric generating company owned by NRG Energy Inc., has agreed to a settlement at its Big Cajun II coal-fired power plant in New Roads, La., which will result in the elimination of over 27,300 tons of harmful emissions per year. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Los Angeles-Area Doctor Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Defraud Medicare of Over $11 Million By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:14:45 EST Dr. Juan Tomas Van Putten, 66, of Ladera Heights, Calif., pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge George Wu in the Central District of California to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Two Brooklyn Clinic Employees Plead Guilty in Connection With $71 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:03:04 EST Two Brooklyn, N.Y., residents pleaded guilty today for their roles in a $71 million Medicare fraud scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Former Fair Financial Company CEO Sentenced In Indianapolis to 50 Years in Prison for Role in $200 Million Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:52:30 EST The former chief executive officer of Fair Financial Company, an Ohio financial services business, was sentenced today to serve 50 years in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud approximately 5,000 investors of more than $200 million. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Brooklyn, N.Y., Clinic Employee Pleads Guilty in Connection with $71 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 19:08:12 EST Yuri Khandrius, 50, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Nina Gershon in the Eastern District of New York to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, one count of health care fraud and one count of conspiracy to pay kickbacks. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill US and Local Governments Achieve $50 Million Settlement to Address Contamination at Superfund Site in Rialto, Calif. By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 5 Dec 2012 12:26:08 EST The United States has entered into two settlements worth more than $50 million to clean up contamination from the B.F. Goodrich Superfund Site in San Bernardino County, Calif. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill International Cyber-Fraud Ring Responsible for Millions of Dollars in Fraud Dismantled By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 5 Dec 2012 15:40:46 EST In a coordinated international takedown, law enforcement officials in Romania, the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom and Canada, acting on provisional arrest requests made by the United States, arrested six Romanian nationals today for their alleged involvement in a sophisticated multimillion dollar cyber fraud scheme that targeted consumers on U.S.-based Internet marketplace websites. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Kentucky-Based Defense Contractors, Owners Agree to Pay $6.25 Million to Resolve Allegations That They Submitted False Statements and Claims to Obtain Army Contracts Intended for Small Businesses By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 5 Dec 2012 14:59:08 EST Kentucky-based Lusk Mechanical Contractors and Commonwealth Technologies, and their owners, Harry Lusk and Wendell Goodman, have agreed to pay $6.25 million to resolve allegations that they submitted false statements to the Small Business Administration and false claims to the Army, the Justice Department announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Healthpoint Ltd. to Pay up to $48 Million for False Medicaid and Medicare Claims for Unapproved Prescription Drug By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 10:46:26 EST Healthpoint Ltd. and DFB Pharmaceuticals will pay up to $48 million to resolve allegations that Healthpoint caused false claims to be submitted to Medicare and Medicaid for an unapproved drug, Xenaderm, which was ineligible for reimbursement by those programs. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Pharmacy Owner Pleads Guilty in Miami for Role in $23 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 6 Dec 2012 17:50:51 EST A co-owner and operator of three Miami discount pharmacies pleaded guilty today in connection with a $23 million health care fraud scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Pfizer Agrees to Pay $55 Million for Illegally Promoting Protonix for Off-Label Use By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:50:16 EST Pfizer Inc. will pay $55 million plus interest to resolve allegations that Wyeth LLC illegally introduced and caused the introduction into interstate commerce of a misbranded drug, Protonix, between February 2000 and June 2001, the Justice Department announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Owner of Louisiana-Based Health Care Company Convicted in Texas for Role in $6.7 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:33:47 EST The owner and operator of a Louisiana-based durable medical equipment (DME) company was convicted today by a federal jury in Houston for his role in a $6.7 million Medicare fraud scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Department of Justice Forfeits Nearly $7 Million in Proceeds of Unlawful Offshore Gambling and Money Laundering Following Guilty Plea by William Paul Scott By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:38:38 EST The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a consent order of forfeiture today ordering the civil forfeiture of $6,976,924 traced to international money laundering of the proceeds from an offshore Internet gambling operation that illegally targeted U.S. residents. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Japanese-Based Toyo Ink and Affiliates in New Jersey and Illinois Settle False Claims Allegation for $45 Million By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:53:32 EST Japan-based Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co. Ltd. and various affiliated entities (collectively, Toyo Ink) have agreed to pay $45 million, plus interest, to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by knowingly failing to pay antidumping and countervailing duties, the Justice Department announced today. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Leader of $63 Million Mental Health Fraud Scheme Pleads Guilty in Miami By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:41:03 EST The owner of a string of community mental health centers pleaded guilty today in connection with a health care fraud and money laundering scheme involving defunct health care provider Health Care Solutions Network Inc. (HCSN). Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Former Heber City, Utah Resident Convicted of Filing False Claims for Tax Refunds Totaling More Than $2.2 Million By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 16:57:10 EST April J. Rampton, 41, formerly of Heber City, Utah, was convicted yesterday in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City of nine counts of filing false claims for income tax refunds, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Rampton, who was indicted on Sept. 14, 2011, was released following the verdict. She is scheduled to be sentenced before U.S. District Judge Dee Benson on Feb. 27, 2013. The jury was unable to reach a verdict on six similar counts. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Owner of Brooklyn, N.Y., Clinic Pleads Guilty in Connection with $71 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 18 Dec 2012 17:22:30 EST The owner and manager of a Brooklyn, N.Y., health care clinic pleaded guilty today in federal court for her role in a $71 million Medicare fraud and money laundering scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Amgen Inc. Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge in Brooklyn, NY.; Pays $762 Million to Resolve Criminal Liability and False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 12:43:51 EST Earlier today, at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, U.S. District Judge Sterling Johnson, Jr. accepted a guilty plea by American biotechnology giant Amgen Inc. (Amgen) for illegally introducing a misbranded drug into interstate commerce. The plea is part of a global settlement with the United States in which Amgen agreed to pay $762 million to resolve criminal and civil liability arising from its sale and promotion of certain drugs. The settlement represents the single largest criminal and civil False Claims Act settlement involving a biotechnology company in U.S. history. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Sanofi US Agrees to Pay $109 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations of Free Product Kickbacks to Physicians By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:36:29 EST Sanofi-Aventis U.S. Inc. and Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC, subsidiaries of international drug manufacturer Sanofi (collectively, Sanofi US), have agreed to pay $109 million to resolve allegations that Sanofi US violated the False Claims Act by giving physicians free units of Hyalgan, a knee injection, in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute, to induce them to purchase and prescribe the product. The settlement also resolves allegations that Sanofi US submitted false average sales price (ASP) reports for Hyalgan that failed to account for free units distributed contingent on Hyalgan purchases. The government alleges that the false ASP reports, which were used to set reimbursement rates, caused government programs to pay inflated amounts for Hyalgan and a competing product. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Owners of Two Miami Home Health Companies Plead Guilty in $48 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 16:59:18 EST The owners and operators of two Miami health care agencies pleaded guilty today for their participation in a $48 million home health Medicare fraud scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Clinical Director for Miami-based Health Care Clinic Sentenced to Prison for Role in $50 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:43:49 EST A former clinical director for Biscayne Milieu, a Miami-based mental-health clinic, was sentenced today to 100 months in prison for his participation in a Medicare fraud scheme involving the submission of more than $50 million in fraudulent billings to Medicare. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Illinois-based Hardware Distributor W.W. Grainger Pays US $70 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 15:37:35 EST W.W. Grainger Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $70 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims under contracts with the General Services Administration (GSA) and the U.S. Postal Services (USPS), the Department of Justice announced today. Grainger is a national hardware distributor headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Caddell Construction Co. Commits to Pay $2 Million Penalty in Agreement to Resolve Criminal Fraud Violations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:34:39 EST Caddell Construction Company Inc., a major commercial and industrial federal government construction contractor based in Montgomery, Ala., has entered into an agreement with the Department of Justice to resolve criminal fraud violations arising from Caddell’s intentional overstating of developmental assistance provided to a disadvantaged small business as part of a Department of Defense (DoD) program. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Victory Pharma Inc. of San Diego Pays $11.4 Million to Resolve Kickback Allegations in Connection with Promotion of Its Drugs By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 14:11:03 EST Victory Pharma Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company headquartered in San Diego, has agreed to pay $11,420,743 to resolve federal civil and criminal liability arising from its marketing of the pharmaceutical products Naprelan, Xodol, Fexmid and Dolgic, the Justice Department announced today. Under the agreement announced today, Victory entered into a deferred prosecution agreement and paid a criminal forfeiture of $1.4 million to resolve federal Ant-Kickback Statute allegations, and paid $9,938,310 to resolve False Claims Act allegations. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Florida-Based American Sleep Medicine to Pay $15.3 Million for Improperly Billing Medicare and Other Federal Healthcare Programs By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 12:00:11 EST Florida-based American Sleep Medicine LLC has agreed to pay $15,301,341 to resolve allegations that it billed Medicare, TRICARE – the health care program for Uniformed Service members, retirees and their families worldwide – and the Railroad Retirement Medicare Program for sleep diagnostic services that were not eligible for payment. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Colorado Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Defraud the IRS out of $1.8 Million Dollars By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 17:50:43 EST Thomas William Quintin, 65, formerly of Denver, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States with respect to claims, and one count of misuse of a Social Security number, before U.S. District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill EMH Regional Medical Center and North Ohio Heart Center to Pay U.S. $4.4 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 14:23:17 EST EMH Regional Medical Center has agreed to pay the United States $3,863,857 and North Ohio Heart Center Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $541,870 to settle allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicare. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Romanian National Sentenced to 21 Months in Prison for Role in Multimillion-Dollar Scheme to Remotely Hack into and Steal Payment Card Data from Hundreds of U.S. Merchants’ Computers By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 7 Jan 2013 17:59:37 EST A Romanian national was sentenced today to serve 21 months in prison for his role in an international, multimillion-dollar scheme to remotely hack into and steal payment card data from hundreds of U.S. merchants’ computers. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill South Florida Woman Pleads Guilty to Failing to Disclose Income from Swiss Bank Accounts and Agrees to $21 Million Penalty By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 13:40:08 EST Mary Estelle Curran of Palm Beach, Fla., pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to filing false tax returns for tax years 2006 and 2007. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Seven Arrested, Charged with $22 Million Detroit-area Home Health Care Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:26:10 EST Six Detroit-area residents and one Chicago-area resident were arrested today by federal agents on charges arising from the ongoing investigation into an alleged $22 million home health care fraud scheme. The indictment was announced by Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade of the Eastern District of Michigan; Special Agent in Charge Robert D. Foley III of the FBI’s Detroit Field Office; Special Agent in Charge Lamont Pugh III of the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) Chicago Regional Office; and Special Agent in Charge Erick Martinez of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Detroit Field Office. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Former Program Director and Marketers Sentenced to Prison in Florida in $205 Million Community Mental Health Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:27:25 EST The former program director and two former marketers for Miami-based mental health care company American Therapeutic Corporation (ATC) have been sentenced to prison for their roles in a $205 million Medicare fraud and kickback scheme in which patients were forced to attend inappropriate treatment programs. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Miami-Area Therapist Sentenced to Prison in Florida in $205 Million Community Mental Health Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:50:14 EST Miami-area resident Nichole Eckert, former therapist at the mental health care company American Therapeutic Corporation (ATC), was sentenced today to serve 48 months in prison for participating in a $205 million Medicare fraud scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Alabama Woman Indicted for Her Role in a Million Dollar Identity Theft Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:33:12 EST A federal grand jury in Montgomery, Ala., returned an indictment charging Scottie Alice Johnson with a conspiracy to commit theft of public funds and to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and with theft of public funds. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Alabama Employee Indicted for Providing Names to a Million Dollar Identity Theft Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 29 Jan 2013 11:39:44 EST A federal grand jury in Montgomery, Ala., returned an indictment charging Lea’Tice Phillips for conspiring to file false tax returns using stolen identities. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Family Members Sentenced in Alabama in $1.9 Million Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 16:24:28 EST Several family members were sentenced Friday in the Middle District of Alabama for their involvement in a $1.9 million dollar stolen identity refund fraud scheme. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Former Jewelry Company Executive Sentenced in U.s.v.i. to Pay $1.1 Million in Fines and Community Service for Illegal Trade of Protected Black Coral By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 13:59:26 EST Ashu Bhandari, the former president and CEO of GEM Manufacturing LLC, a U.S. Virgin Islands-based company, was sentenced Thursday in federal court in St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., for felony customs violations for his role in a scheme to illegally import protected black coral into the United States. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Maryland’s St. Joseph’s Medical Center Agrees to Pay $4.9 Million for Medically Unnecessary Hospital Admissions By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 18:09:07 EST St. Joseph’s Medical Center, a hospital located in Towson, Md., has reached a settlement with the United States to pay $4.9 million in connection with its submission of false claims to Medicare, Medicaid and other federal healthcare programs. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Macmillan in E-Books Case By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 10:08:06 EST The Department of Justice announced today that it has reached a settlement with Holtzbrinck Publishers LLC, which does business as Macmillan, and will continue to litigate against Apple Inc. for conspiring with Macmillan and four of the other largest U.S. book publishers to raise e-book prices to consumers. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Alabama Woman Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Running Sophisticated Million Dollar Identity Theft Tax Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 18:24:55 EST Antoinette Djonret was sentenced today to 144 months in prison for her involvement in two separate tax fraud schemes. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Former Registered Nurse Sentenced in Miami to 111 Months in Prison in Connection with $63 Million Mental Health Care Fraud Scheme By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:07:58 EST A former registered nurse was sentenced today to serve 111 months in prison for his role in a health care fraud scheme involving defunct health provider Health Care Solutions Network Inc. (HCSN). Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Florida Physician to Pay $26.1 Million to Resolve False Claims Allegations By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 17:21:49 EST Steven J. Wasserman, M.D., a dermatologist practicing in Venice, Fla., has agreed to pay $26.1 million to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by accepting illegal kickbacks from a pathology laboratory and by billing the Medicare program for medically unnecessary services. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Georgia Man Admits Taking Bribes to Allow $1 Million Theft of Government Equipment from Marine Base By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:34:37 EST A retired employee of the Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany (MCLB-Albany) pleaded guilty today to receiving bribes in exchange for allowing heavy equipment to be stolen from the base for resale. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Transocean Pleads Guilty, Is Sentenced to Pay $400 Million in Criminal Penalties for Criminal Conduct Leading to Deepwater Horizon Disaster By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:57:47 EST Transocean Deepwater Inc. pleaded guilty today to a violation of the Clean Water Act (CWA) for its illegal conduct leading to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster, and was sentenced to pay $400 million in criminal fines and penalties. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill Florida-Based Lender Processing Services Inc. to Pay $35 Million in Agreement to Resolve Criminal Fraud Violations Following Guilty Plea from Subsidiary CEO By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 17:40:39 EST Lender Processing Services Inc. (LPS), a publicly traded mortgage servicing company based in Jacksonville, Fla., has agreed to pay $35 million in criminal penalties and forfeiture to address its participation in a six-year scheme to prepare and file more than 1 million fraudulently signed and notarized mortgage-related documents with property recorders’ offices throughout the United States. Full Article OPA Press Releases
mill North Carolina Commodities Firm Owner Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for Multimillion-dollar Fraud By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:47:50 EST The principal and co-owner of North Carolina-based Integra Capital Management LLC, was sentenced today to serve 36 months in prison for his role in a scheme to defraud commodities trading investors of more than $3.2 million. Full Article OPA Press Releases