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DME Owner Sentenced to 90 Months for $59M Medicare Fraud and Kickbacks A federal court in the Southern District of Texas has sentenced Patrick Cassells, 65, of Fulshear, Texas, to 90 months in prison for his role in a comprehensive Medicare fraud and kickback scheme that resulted in more than $59.9 million in false claims […]

Kansas Doctor Sentenced to 3 Years for $8M Medicare Fraud A federal judge has sentenced Dr. Scott Taggart Roethle, an anesthesiologist from the Kansas City area, to three years in prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar Medicare fraud scheme that billed the federal health program for orthotic braces that were medically unnecessary and issued

Stern Therapy to Pay $315K in Medicare Fraud Settlement Stern Therapy Consultants, a New York-based long-term care therapy provider, has agreed to pay$315,000 to resolve allegations that it conspired to cause the submission of false claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary skilled nursing facility therapy services. The settlement resolves a False Claims Act complaint filed

Telemedicine Owner Sentenced in $56M Medicare Fraud Scheme A federal court has sentenced Darryl Cox, the owner of a Georgia-based telemedicine company, to 7 years in prison for orchestrating a $56 million Medicare fraud and kickback scheme that targeted beneficiaries across multiple states. Cox previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and conspiracy

New York Man Sentenced to 8 Months for Medicare Kickback and Healthcare Fraud A federal court in Boston has sentenced Robert Seidman, 56, of Plainview, New York, to 8 months in prison for participating in a Medicare kickback scheme involving medically unnecessary transcranial doppler (TCD) tests. Seidman previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the

St. Louis County Home Healthcare Fraud: Owner and Associates Indicted in $1.46M Scheme Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of Missouri have charged the owner of a Bridgeton-based home healthcare company and three associates with a $1.46 million Medicaid fraud scheme that allegedly involved falsified billing to the Missouri Medicaid Program. According to the indictment

New York Man Sentenced to 14 Months for Medicare Kickback Scheme A federal court in Boston has sentenced Timothy Doyle, 45, of Selden, New York, to 14 months in prison for his role in a Medicare kickback and healthcare fraud scheme that generated millions in improper claims. Doyle pleaded guilty in January 2025 to one

Queens Adult Day Care and Pharmacy Medicare & Medicaid Fraud Charges in $120M Scheme Federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York have unsealed a complaint charging Inwoo Kim and Daniel Lee, two men from Queens, with operating a major Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme that allegedly siphoned approximately $120 million from taxpayer-funded health

MultiCare Health System has agreed to pay $3.728 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act that it knowingly endangered patient safety and submitted fraudulent billing to Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal healthcare programs for medically unnecessary spinal surgeries performed at its facilities. The settlement announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern