Feb. 4, 2015

Ageless Men’s Health, LLC To Pay $1.6 Million To The Government For Overbilling Medicare And Tricare

Ageless Men’s Health, LLC (AMH) will pay $1.6 million to the government to resolve allegations that it billed Medicare and Tricare for medically unnecessary evaluation and management services (office visits) while administering testosterone replacement therapy shots. AMH has approximately 30 locations throughout the United States and operates testosterone replacement therapy clinics.

Feb. 4, 2015

Lehigh County Couple Charged In Scheme To Defraud The Government

Yujie Ding, 52, and Yuliya Zotova, 40, of Center Valley, Pennsylvania, were charged by indictment, unsealed today, with ten counts of wire fraud related to a government program meant to increase research and development opportunities for small businesses, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.

Feb. 4, 2015

Malvern Company Pays $265,000 To Resolve Overbilling Allegations

Silicon Power Corporation, a manufacturer of semiconductor devices and high-power utility systems in Malvern, Pennsylvania, has agreed to pay $265,000 to resolve civil allegations that the facility overbilled and mischarged the United States Army under two contracts, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger.

Feb. 3, 2015

Army National Guard Official Pleads Guilty for Accepting $30,000 Bribe

An Army National Guard official pleaded guilty today for accepting a $30,000 bribe in exchange for steering a $3.6 million contract to a retired sergeant major of the Minnesota Army National Guard and his consulting company. Today’s guilty plea is the eighth in connection with an investigation into corruption within the National Guard Bureau related to the awarding of millions of dollars of Army National Guard marketing, retention and recruitment contracts.

Feb. 3, 2015

Former Supervisory Contracting Officer Arrested in Navy Bribery Scandal

A former senior federal contracting officer was arrested this morning for conspiracy to commit bribery in connection with his alleged role in a scheme to steer contracts and benefits to Glenn Defense Marine Asia (GDMA), a defense contracting firm headquartered in Singapore.

Jan. 28, 2015

Army Contracting Official Charged in Pentagon Bribery Scheme

James Glenn Warner, 44, of Manassas, Virginia, was arrested today and charged with soliciting bribes from executives working for a private company on a contract that Warner managed out of the Pentagon.

Jan. 27, 2015

Former Countryside Police Chief, Kankakee County Sheriff’s Deputy Pleads Guilty To Mail Fraud, Money Laundering, Tax Evasion

Urbana, Ill. B Sentencing has been set for May 29, 2015, before Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Shadid, in Peoria, for Timothy J. Swanson, the former Chief of Police of Countryside, Ill., who later served as a deputy with the Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office.

Jan. 23, 2015

United States Settles False Claims Act Allegations Against Florida-Based Dermatology Practice For $3 Million; Three Whistleblowers To Collect More Than $500,000

Orlando, Florida - The United States has settled a lawsuit brought by three whistleblowers that alleges a central Florida based dermatology practice knowingly billed the government millions of dollars for procedures that lacked basic indicia of medical necessity and, in some cases, had been performed by unlicensed, uncredentialed, and unsupervised employees.

Jan. 15, 2015

Pharmacy Store Employee Sentenced To Prison For Scheme To Defraud Health Care Benefit Programs

U.S. District Judge George L. Russell III sentenced Jigar Patel, age 27, of Columbia, Maryland, today to 13 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for a scheme to defraud Medicaid, Medicare and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program by submitting false claims for prescription refills.

Jan. 14, 2015

Charleston Doctors and Medical Clinic Settle Allegations of Fraud

United States Attorney Bill Nettles announced today that the United States Attorney's Office for the District of South Carolina, settled claims of health care fraud with Nason Medical, out of Charleston, South Carolina, and two of its owners, Dr. Baron S. Nason and Robert T. Hamilton. The United States contended that Nason Medical submitted numerous false claims to Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE.