March 5, 2021

Construction Company Owners Pleaded Guilty to Defrauding Federal Program Intended for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses

WASHINGTON – Two Texas construction company owners have pleaded guilty in a long-running scheme to defraud the United States. Michael Wibracht of San Antonio, Texas, the former owner of several companies in the construction industry, conspired to defraud the United States in order to obtain valuable government contracts under programs administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) for which neither his nor his coconspirators’ companies were eligible. One co conspirator, Ruben Villarreal, also of San Antonio, pleaded guilty on Nov. 20, 2020, to participating in the same conspiracy.

March 4, 2021

Three Plead Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud

NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that CHRISTOPHER BLACKSTONE ("BLACKSTONE"), JOSEPH CAMPO ("CAMPO"), and MARIO DELUCA ("DELUCA") have each pied guilty in federal court relating to their roles in a health care fraud conspiracy.

March 1, 2021

Federal Jury Convicts Last Two Defendants in Prescription Fraud Conspiracy

A federal jury today convicted two defendants in a long-running investigation into a prescription drug billing scheme involving a Haleyville, Ala.-based pharmacy, Northside Pharmacy doing business as Global Compounding Pharmacy.

Feb. 25, 2021

O'Fallon Building Co. Settles Fraud Claims

Fairview Heights, Ill. – R&W Builders, Inc. (R&W) of O’Fallon, Illinois, has agreed to pay the United States $400,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by fraudulently obtaining construction contracts reserved for disadvantaged small businesses, U.S. Attorney Steven D. Weinhoeft announced today.

Feb. 23, 2021

New Jersey Nurse Admits Role in Multimillion-Dollar Compounding Fraud Scheme

NEWARK, N.J. – A New Jersey nurse today admitted her role in a multimillion-dollar compounding fraud scheme, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.

Feb. 17, 2021

Japanese CEO and Employees Charged in Scheme to Defraud U.S. Navy and Dump Wastewater in Ocean

Three Japanese nationals, including the president and chief executive officer of Yokohama, Japan-based Kanto Kosan Co. Ltd. (Kanto Kosan) were indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday in connection with an alleged long-running scheme to defraud the U.S. Navy and pollute Japanese waters by dumping contaminated water removed from U.S. Navy ships into the ocean.

Feb. 17, 2021

Concrete Contractor Agrees to Settle False Claims Act Allegations for $3.9 Million

COLAS Djibouti SARL (Colas Djibouti) has agreed to resolve for $3.9 million civil allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by selling substandard concrete used to construct U.S. Navy airfields in the Republic of Djibouti, the Department of Justice announced today.

Feb. 10, 2021

Former Co-Owner of Pharmacy Pleads Guilty in Prescription Drug Billing Scheme

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -Today an additional defendant pleaded guilty in a long-running investigation into a prescription drug-billing scheme involving a Haleyville, Ala.-based pharmacy, Northside Pharmacy doing business as Global Compounding Pharmacy. U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona, Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Johnnie Sharp, Jr., U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Special Agent in Charge Derrick L. Jackson, Defense Criminal Investigative Service Special Agent in Charge Cynthia Bruce, United States Postal Inspector in Charge, Houston Division Adrian Gonzalez, and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation Special Agent in Charge James Dorsey announced the guilty plea.

Feb. 5, 2021

Compounding Pharmacy and Owner Plead Guilty to Health Care Fraud and Kickback Scheme that Led to $14 Million in Payments

A West Los Angeles pharmacy and its owner pleaded guilty today to federal criminal charges stemming from a scheme in which millions of dollars in reimbursements for compounded drugs were generated through the payment of illegal kickbacks for patient referrals and by fraudulently paying patients' copayments.

Feb. 5, 2021

Judge sentences 'Doctors on the Go' owner to nine years in prison for fraud and receiving kickbacks

ST. LOUIS- United States District Judge Henry E. Autrey sentenced Denis Mikhlin to 108 months in prison today. The judge also ordered Mikhlin to pay restitution. The 41-year-old St. Louis County, Missouri resident pleaded guilty, in August, to four felony counts of conspiracy, obtaining oxycodone and other opioid drugs by fraud and deceit, receiving illegal kickbacks in return for sending urine specimens to Central Diagnostic Laboratory for medically unnecessary testing, and causing the Medicare and Medicaid programs to pay $4,704,568 for medically unnecessary prescription drugs and drug tests.