May 3, 2023 | White Collar Crime
On April 28, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Qasim Khan of Milwaukee, Wisconsin pleaded guilty to willfully filing a false tax return. Khan is a businessman who helped secure international business deals for his clients. According to the DOJ, Khan owned and...
Apr 28, 2023 | Criminal Matters
On April 25, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the conviction of Georgia physician, Dr. Audrey Arona. Dr. Arona pleaded guilty to charges related to the sale of drug that contained human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), marketed as a weight lost product. HCG is...
Apr 28, 2023 | White Collar Crime
In 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice announced “Operation Brace Yourself,” which included charges against 24 criminal defendants related to dispensing orthotic braces using telemedicine that resulted in an estimated $1.5 billion in cost avoidance, according to the...
Apr 25, 2023 | Election Law
On March 27, 2023, the Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission (the “Commission”), formerly known as the State Ethics Commission – and likely to be renamed the State Ethics Commission yet again per legislation that passed early this...
Apr 19, 2023 | False Claims Act
On April 13, 2023, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a press release noting that Adobe agreed to pay $3 million to resolve allegations it paid kickbacks to companies in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and False Claims Act (FCA). The FCA...
Apr 19, 2023 | False Claims Act
On March 28, 2023, the Sixth Circuit issued a notable decision in United States ex rel. Shannon Martin v. Darren Hathaway, a case involving alleged “remuneration” from a hospital to a local ophthalmologist in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS). In its...
Apr 19, 2023 | White Collar Crime
On Thursday, April 13, 2023, nine co-conspirators were sentenced to various prison terms for their respective roles in a fraud scheme in which they submitted false claims to Tricare and the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs. John Cruise and his wife, LaShonia...
Apr 11, 2023 | Criminal Matters
On April 10, the Department of Justice announced a former member of Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex’s (EKCC) internal affairs department pleaded guilty to one count of deprivation of an inmate’s civil rights, and a former EKCC sergeant pleaded guilty to three...
Apr 11, 2023 | False Claims Act
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that a North Carolina Pharmacy agreed to pay more than $213K to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act. The federal FCA prohibits any person from knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, a false or...
Apr 11, 2023 | False Claims Act
Chilivis Grubman attorneys have discussed the government’s increased scrutiny of PPP loans. As a reminder, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) provided over $600 billion in PPP Loans to businesses during the peak fallout of the...
