Jun 26, 2023 | False Claims Act
On June 16, the Supreme Court issued a crucial decision in the case of United States el rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc., et al. In this landmark ruling, Justice Elena Kagan, writing for an eight to one majority, resolved a circuit split and...
Jun 26, 2023 | federal investigations
On June 2, the Department of Justice announced the sentencing of Batyr Myatiev, of Florida, for conspiring to defraud the United States and conspiring to harbor aliens and induce them to remain in the United States. According to court documents and statements made in...
Jun 26, 2023 | White Collar Crime
In January 2023, Dr. Francis F. Joseph was convicted of theft in connection with healthcare and wire fraud for misappropriating nearly $250,000 from COVID-19 relief programs. The DOJ just announced that Dr. Joseph has been sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison....
Jun 26, 2023 | False Claims Act
The U.S. Department of Justice has reported the conviction of a Chief Compliance Officer in a massive Medicare fraud scheme. According to the DOJ’s press release, a high-ranking healthcare executive, Steven King, was found guilty of orchestrating a fraudulent scheme...
Jun 26, 2023 | Government Investigations
On June 14, the Department of Justice announced that Julian Russ, the Chief Financial Officer of a Mississippi company, pleaded guilty to willfully failing to report and pay over employment taxes withheld from employees’ paychecks. Russ was the CFO of Community...
Jun 21, 2023 | False Claims Act
On June 16, 2023, the United States Supreme Court issued a crucial decision in the case of United States el rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources, Inc., et al. In this landmark ruling, Justice Elena Kagan, writing for an eight to one majority, resolved a circuit...
Jun 7, 2023 | False Claims Act
In a previous blog post, the attorneys at Chilivis Grubman wrote about two consolidated cases that were pending before the U.S. Supreme Court (“SCOTUS”), U.S. ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc. and U.S. ex rel. Proctor v. Safeway, relating to the proper scienter...
