Apr 20, 2022 | False Claims Act, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, White Collar Crime
The Department of Justice announced that Dr. Vinay Malviya, a Michigan gynecologic oncologist, agreed to pay $775,000 to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act. Specifically, it was alleged that Dr. Malviya performed radical and modified radical...
Apr 20, 2022 | False Claims Act
On April 13, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced that it had reached a settlement with Paul D. Weir, John R. Morgan, M.D., Care Plus Management, LLC (“Care Plus”), and over a dozen anesthesia companies that Care Plus...
Apr 12, 2022 | Government Investigations
Since the CARES Act was enacted, Chilivis Grubman has reported on government efforts to curtail fraud related to COVID-19 relief funds provided by the CARES Act. Between 2020 and the early parts of 2021, the government frequently reported on its investigations...
Apr 12, 2022 | White Collar Crime
The Department of Justice just announced that an Illinois man, Devontae Stokes, admitted to fraudulently obtaining unemployment insurance benefits (“UIB”) while incarcerated at a New Jersey federal correctional institution. According to court documents, from April...
Apr 12, 2022 | False Claims Act
On March 15, the Department of Justice filed a notice in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont indicating that it had elected to intervene in a False Claims Act lawsuit against Modernizing Medicine, Inc. (“ModMed”). The lawsuit was the result...
