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Four members of a Bronx-based racketeering organization known as the “War Room” have been charged in a nine-count indictment for their roles in a wide-ranging conspiracy involving the fabrication of transportation data used to support at least $12 million in fraudulent Medicaid claims. Louis Trejo, Kenneth Garner, Harold Stevenson, and Erihk Belis are accused of

The former owner of a network of telemedicine companies has been sentenced to two years in federal prison for orchestrating a scheme that billed Medicare more than $110 million for medically unnecessary durable medical equipment and genetic testing. The defendant, who operated the companies from Massachusetts, was also ordered to pay restitution and forfeit assets

A former branch manager at a Brooklyn-based bank has been sentenced to federal prison for his role in laundering the proceeds of a healthcare fraud scheme that targeted Medicare. The defendant, whose name and sentence are detailed in the Justice Department’s announcement, was convicted of conspiring to launder money obtained through fraudulent Medicare billing. According

The United States has formally intervened in a qui tam whistleblower lawsuit accusing three Colorado healthcare companies and two individuals of systematically inflating reimbursements from Medicare and TRICARE. The defendants named in the government’s complaint are Front Range Urgent Care, Comfort Care Family Practice, QwikCareMD, Anita Weiscamp, and Dr. Steven L. Wenrich. According to the

Veloxis Pharmaceuticals Inc., a North Carolina-based drug manufacturer, has agreed to pay more than $46 million to resolve criminal and civil allegations that it paid illegal kickbacks to induce prescriptions of Envarsus XR, a kidney transplant immunosuppression drug. The resolution includes a deferred prosecution agreement filed in the District of Massachusetts charging the company with

A Michigan woman has pleaded guilty to billing Medicare for psychotherapy services that were never provided to residents of her adult day care center. Yolanda Matthews, 58, of Farmington Hills, admitted in court to submitting over $539,000 in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare as part of a scheme that exploited vulnerable beneficiaries. According to

A Texas businessman, a Kentucky doctor, and a Kentucky woman have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in a scheme that fraudulently billed Medicare and Kentucky Medicaid more than $4.8 million through a series of addiction treatment facilities. Michael Bregenzer, 53, of Houston, Texas, the CEO of Kentucky Addiction Centers, was sentenced to