Feb. 7, 2022

West L.A. Compounding Pharmacy Owner Sentenced to 2½ Years in Federal Prison for Running $14 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

A West Los Angeles pharmacist was sentenced today to 30 months in federal prison for orchestrating a scheme that fraudulently obtained millions of dollars for compounded drugs in a scheme that paid illegal kickbacks for patient referrals and fraudulently paid patients’ copayments.

Feb. 4, 2022

Florida Man Sentenced for Paying Bribes and Kickbacks and Defrauding the United States

A Florida man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for orchestrating a bribery and kickback conspiracy and committing fraud in connection with a contract for the U.S. Department of Defense’s Office of Inspector General (DoD OIG).

Feb. 2, 2022

Former U.S. Navy Captain Pleads Guilty as the Seventh Fleet Navy Bribery Trial Approaches

Former U.S. Navy Captain Donald Hornbeck pleaded guilty in federal court today to bribery charges, admitting that while he directed the operations of all combatant ships in the Seventh Fleet, he accepted at least $67,830 in extravagant dinners, hotels, parties and prostitutes from foreign defense contractor Leonard Francis in exchange for breaching his official duty to the U.S. Navy.

Jan. 26, 2022

Pharmacist Sentenced for $180 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

A Mississippi pharmacist was sentenced today to five years in prison in the Southern District of Mississippi for a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud TRICARE and private insurance companies by paying kickbacks to distributors for the referral of medically unnecessary prescriptions. The conduct resulted in more than $180 million in fraudulent billings, including more than $50 million paid by federal health care programs.

Jan. 26, 2022

Former Government Employee Admits to Stealing Identities of 37 Individuals in Bank and Loan Fraud Scheme

Kevin Lee of Chula Vista pleaded guilty in federal court today to using his position at the Defense Contract Management Agency ("DCMA") to steal the identities of at least 37 individuals and using those identities to commit over $240,000 in bank and loan fraud.

Jan. 26, 2022

Former South Florida Pharmacy Executive Pleads Guilty to $88 Million Health Care Fraud Conspiracy Targeting Military Health Care Programs

A Palm Beach County, Florida man has pleaded guilty to his role in a multi-million-dollar conspiracy to defraud Tricare and CHAMPVA through a South Florida compounding pharmacy fraud scheme.

Jan. 26, 2022

U.S. Navy Commander Pleads Guilty in the Run Up to the Seventh Fleet Navy Bribery Trial

U.S. Navy Commander Stephen Shedd pleaded guilty in federal court today to bribery charges, admitting that he and eight other indicted leaders of the U.S. Navy’s Seventh Fleet received more than $250,000 in meals, entertainment, travel and hotel expenses, gifts, cash and the services of prostitutes from foreign defense contractor Leonard Glenn Francis.

Jan. 20, 2022

Former Defense Contractor Sentenced to 10 Years for Fraud, Money Laundering & ID Theft

Timothy M. O'Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Craig Klund, 58, Yankton, South Dakota, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 10 years in federal prison for wire fraud, money laundering, and aggravated identity theft.

Jan. 20, 2022

Seven Texas Doctors and a Hospital CEO Agree to Pay over $1.1 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations

Seven Texas doctors and a hospital executive have agreed to pay a total of $1,106,449 to resolve False Claims Act allegations involving illegal remuneration in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law, and to cooperate with the Department's investigations of and litigation against other parties, announced Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston today.

Jan. 20, 2022

Sioux City-Based Physician Group, Tri-State Specialists, L.L.P., Agrees to Pay Over $600,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations

Tri-State Specialists, L.L.P. (Tri-State), has agreed to pay $612,501.44 to the United States, the State of Iowa, and the State of South Dakota to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare, Medicaid, TRI CARE, and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for medically unnecessary procedures and for procedures in excess of those actually performed.