Department of Defense Office of Inspector General

July 23, 2024

Employees of Monmouth County Marine Equipment and Servicing Company Admit Roles in Scheme to Defraud U.S. Department of Defense

A Monmouth County, New Jersey, woman and her son from Mercer County, New Jersey, have admitted their roles in a years-long scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) by providing military equipment parts that were not authorized under the governing contracts, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

July 22, 2024

Anchorage doctor and her husband charged with health care fraud and tax evasion

A federal grand jury in Alaska returned an indictment last week charging an Anchorage doctor and her husband with health care fraud and tax evasion.

July 18, 2024

Man Sentenced for Selling $3.5M in Counterfeit and Substandard Electronics for Use in Military Systems

A California man was sentenced yesterday to three years and six months in prison for a scheme to defraud the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) by selling over $3.5 million worth of fan assemblies to the DLA that were either counterfeit or that he misrepresented were new when in fact they were used or surplus.

July 17, 2024

Gentiva, successor to Kindred at Home, has agreed to pay $19.428 million to resolve allegations that Kindred at Home and related entities (Kindred) knowingly submitted false claims and knowingly retained overpayments for hospice services provided to patients who were ineligible to receive hospice benefits under various federal health care programs.

July 17, 2024

Florida Man Charged with Six Felonies for Mail-Order Pharmacy and Healthcare Kickback Scheme

A federal grand jury returned an indictment on July 16, 2024, against Franz (aka “Frank”) Peter Suess, 77, of Wellington, Florida, for running a long-standing conspiracy related to his operation of a network of mail-order pharmacies and payment of illegal healthcare kickbacks in order to procure prescriptions for his pharmacies.

July 16, 2024

Cooperating Cancer Testing Company Agrees to Pay Over $900,000 to Resolve Allegations of False Claims for Lab Tests

Guardant Health, Inc., a precision oncology company based in Palo Alto, has agreed to settle allegations that it knowingly violated the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-31, and regulations of the Defense Health Agency (DHA), announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG) Acting Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey McIntosh, and Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS), Western Field Office, Special Agent in Charge Bryan D. Denny.

July 12, 2024

Pharmaceutical Marketer Sentenced for Compounded Medications Fraud Scheme

A Texas pharmaceutical marketer was sentenced today to two years and five months in prison and ordered to pay over $59 million in restitution for conspiring to defraud the United States, receiving illegal kickbacks in exchange for compounded medications prescription referrals, and money laundering.

July 12, 2024

Former Georgia Insurance Commissioner Sentenced to Prison

John Oxendine, the former Georgia Insurance Commissioner, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud in connection with unnecessary lab testing.

July 12, 2024

U.S. Navy Reserve Officer Convicted for Bribery Scheme Impacting Department of State’s Approval Process for Special Immigrant Visas for Afghan Nationals

A federal jury convicted a U.S. Navy Reserve commander today on multiple criminal charges related to a years-long bribery scheme involving Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) for Afghan nationals.

July 11, 2024

Active-duty Army and Former Marine Reserve Indicted and Arrested for Drug Conspiracy

A California man who is on active duty with the Army and a former Marine Reserve was arrested at Fort Carson in Colorado. David Julian Mendoza Gonzalez, 26, had an initial appearance before a federal judge in the District of Colorado. He is charged in the Northern District of Oklahoma for Drug Conspiracy and Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises.