Feb 4, 2025 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud
In a recent case, Petros Fichidzhyan, a 43-year-old man from Granada Hills, California, has pleaded guilty to charges of health care fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering in connection with a fraudulent scheme that deceived Medicare out of more than...
Feb 4, 2025 | Land Use Law, Land Zoning Law
Three years after demolition began on a planned 700-home development in Edgewood, much of the 13.3-acre site remains undeveloped. The former Edwards Fine Foods facility was cleared in early 2022, making way for a mixed-use project led by Toll Brothers. While the...
Feb 4, 2025 | False Claims Act
The DOJ announced that Arizona couple, Alexandra Gehrke and Jeffrey King, have pleaded guilty to a $1.2 billion health care fraud scheme stemming from the use of amniotic products. Gehrke pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud in...
Feb 2, 2025 | False Claims Act, federal investigations, Fraud Investigations, Government Investigations
On February 1, 2025, President Trump announced the imposition of substantial tariffs on goods imported from Canada, Mexico, and China. These tariffs are likely to come with an increase in customs enforcement, with customs officials ensuring that incoming goods are...
Jan 31, 2025 | Fraud Investigations, Government Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, White Collar Crime
Earlier this month, the Department of Justice announced that it had indicted the Chesapeake Regional Medical Center (CRMC) with healthcare fraud and conspiracy in relation to unnecessary gynecological and other procedures performed by one of its employed physicians....
Jan 29, 2025 | Election Law, Government Litigation
On November 7, 2023, Commissioner Alvin Nelson of the City of Waycross, Georgia won the narrowest of election victories — by a mere 18 votes — against then-incumbent Commissioner Henry Strickland. Mr. Strickland did not accept the results and filed an...
Jan 28, 2025 | Fraud Investigations
On January 24, 2025, the Department of Justice announced that James Wilson, a Maryland resident, was convicted of charges related to an alleged $20 million insurance fraud scheme. A federal jury found Wilson guilty of conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, money...
Jan 28, 2025 | Zoning and Land Use
As reported by Planetizen, a new movement known as YIGBY—“Yes in God’s Back Yard”—is gaining traction. Churches and faith-based organizations are advocating for the right to build housing on their underutilized properties, a practice often restricted by local zoning...
Jan 27, 2025 | Fraud Investigations
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc., through its subsidiary Biohaven Pharmaceutical, has agreed to a $59.7 million settlement to resolve allegations of submitting false Medicare claims by paying kickbacks to healthcare providers. These kickbacks were allegedly intended...
