Dec 20, 2021 | White Collar Crime
On December 16, 2021, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that Leah and Michael Hagen had been sentenced to 151 months in prison and were ordered to pay approximately $27 million back to the government in restitution for their role in a Medicare kickback...
Dec 20, 2021 | Government Investigations
Chilivis Grubman attorneys frequently discuss the federal False Claims Act (“FCA”) and how it is a powerful tool used by the federal government to combat fraud. The government routinely collects over a billion dollars annually in settlements and judgments from FCA...
Dec 15, 2021 | False Claims Act, White Collar Crime
On December 8, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced that Brandon Ridge had been sentenced to two years in prison for fraudulently obtaining loans from the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). Ridge had previously pled...
Dec 13, 2021 | Health Care, White Collar Crime
Since September 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has made several announcements related to former NFL players pleading guilty to defrauding healthcare and COVID-19 relief programs. For example, in September, Chilivis Grubman attorneys discussed former NFL...
Dec 8, 2021 | Fraud Investigations, Government Investigations
On November 30, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that Thomas Wilburn Shoemaker was sentenced in the Southern District of Mississippi to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution and forfeit assets traced to gains from his role in a...
