April 8, 2022

Metairie Man Sentenced to Three Years of Probation for Health Care Fraud Scheme

The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Duane A. Evans, announced that MARIO DELUCA ("DELUCA") has been sentenced on April 6, 2022 to 36 months of probation after pleading guilty in federal court relating to his role in a health care fraud conspiracy.

April 7, 2022

United States Files Complaint Against Lehighton Doctor For Violating The False Claims Act

The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that the United States has filed a civil lawsuit against Dr. Peter J. Haddick, III, a family medicine practitioner, alleging that he issued medically unnecessary prescriptions for Subsys, a fentanyl~based spray manufactured by Insys Therapeutics, Inc., and used to treat breakthrough cancer pain. Dr. Haddick saw patients at his practice, Penn Medical Group, P.C., which operated in Lehighton, Pennsylvania. Penn Medical Group ceased operations in September of 2019.

April 7, 2022

Florida Man Sentenced To Probation For Filing False Claims On U.S. Navy Contracts

The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Raymond Lofthouse, age 59, of Florida, was sentenced on April 6, 2022, to one month of probation to be followed by 6 months of home confinement by U.S. District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo for filing false claims on Navy Contracts. Judge Rambo also ordered Lofthouse to pay $60,000 in restitution to the U.S. Navy.

April 6, 2022

Eight Individuals Facing Federal Indictment for a $3 Million Scheme to Defraud Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and the Defense Health Agency

A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging eight individuals, including the President, Vice-President and Chief Finance and Strategy Officer at a company that provided medical billing and coding services on government contracts and an employee at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud and related charges, in connection with a scheme to defraud WRNMMC and the Defense Health Agency (DHA). The indictment was returned on March 17, 2022, and unsealed today upon the arrests of three defendants.

April 5, 2022

Lancaster County Woman Charged With Theft Of Government Funds

The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Sally Schrom, age 66, of Mountville, Pennsylvania, was charged in a criminal information with theft of government funds. According to United States Attorney John C. Gurganus, the information alleges that between April 2017 and November 2019, Schrom unlawfully received federal military retirement benefits and federal civilian retirement benefits that were meant for another individual. The benefits totaled over $73,000.

April 4, 2022

Justice Department Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Two Laboratory CEOs, One Hospital CEO and Others Across Texas, New York, and Pennsylvania

The Justice Department has filed a complaint against two laboratory CEOs, one hospital CEO and other individuals and entities, alleging False Claims Act violations based on patient referrals in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Law, as well as claims otherwise improperly billed to federal healthcare programs for laboratory testing.

March 31, 2022

Southern California Businessman Sentenced to a Year in Federal Prison for Illegally Brokering Sales of Embargoed Defense Articles From China

A Southern California businessman has been sentenced to a year in federal prison for illegally brokering the sales of embargoed defense articles from the People's Republic of China and filing a false corporate tax return.

March 30, 2022

Federal Civil and Criminal Investigations Result in Six Convictions and Recovery of Over $8.7 Million in Connection with Compounded Medications Formulated by Delco Pharmacy

United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced the criminal and civil resolutions of multi-year investigations of various health care fraud schemes involving prescriptions for compounded medications formulated by Heritage Therapeutics, LLC, a Delaware County pharmacy. The investigations yielded six criminal convictions and recovered over $8.7 million in criminal forfeitures, criminal restitution, and civil settlement payments.

March 30, 2022

Co-Owner of defunct medical testing lab convicted of kickback scheme to profit on urine drug tests for government insurance programs

A resident of Astoria, Oregon was convicted this week in U.S. District Court in Seattle of five federal felonies connected to his scheme to profit from illegal kickbacks in the medical testing industry, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. Richard Reid, 53, was convicted following a six day jury trial. Reid faces up to 5 years in prison on each count when sentenced by U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour on July 12, 2022.

March 30, 2022

California Marketer Sentenced for Paying Millions in Kickbacks to Unlawfully Induce Prescriptions

Manuel J. Bojorquez, 44, of Anaheim, California, was sentenced to 36 months of probation, with 18 months to be served on home confinement, and ordered to pay over $3.3 million in restitution for offering and paying kickbacks to physicians to prescribe compounded medications.