Jun 8, 2022 | Health Care Fraud
The DOJ announced that Kateline Lavache, a family nurse practitioner of Hampton, Georgia, was arrested June 1st for her role in a health care fraud scheme. According to the indictment, Lavache and her co-conspirators allegedly prescribed medically unnecessary durable...
Jun 6, 2022 | SEC Investigations
On May 31, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that it had charged SCWorx Corp. and its former Chief Executive Officer with making false and misleading statements about SCWorx’s plans to distribute COVID-19 rapid test kits in April 2020. The SEC alleges...
Jun 6, 2022 | Health Care Fraud
On May 31, the Department of Justice announced a federal jury convicted Hieu “Tom” Truong, a pharmacist in Houston, Texas, for unlawfully distributing controlled substances. According to court documents, Truong was the pharmacist-in-charge of S&S Pharmacy in...
Jun 6, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On June 1, the Department of Justice announced a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Pawel Bartoszek, a Lake Grove, New York businessman, with filing false business and individual tax returns with the IRS. Bartoszek owned and operated Mega State Inc., a...
Jun 6, 2022 | Government Investigations
According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), law enforcement arrested Kateline Lavache of Hampton, GA on June 1, on criminal charges related to her alleged scheme to defraud Medicare. Lavache is accused of prescribing medically unnecessary durable medical equipment...
Jun 6, 2022 | Election Law
In 2021, the Georgia legislature, in a bill signed by Governor Brian Kemp, established a type of political action committee (PAC) that can accept and spend unlimited funds in support of a candidate. This new type of PAC was called a leadership committee and would be...
Jun 2, 2022 | White Collar Crime
The DOJ announced that Charles Thompson, a 76-year-old former physician assistant, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to unlawfully distribute and dispense controlled substances and seven counts of unlawfully distributing and dispensing controlled substances for...
Jun 2, 2022 | False Claims Act, Health Care Fraud
The DOJ previously filed a complaint against former True Health Diagnostics LLC (“THD”) CEO, former Boston Heart Diagnostics Corporation (“BHD”) CEO, and former Little River Healthcare (“LRH”) CEO under the False Claims Act (“FCA”) for alleged violations of the...
Jun 2, 2022 | Cyber Law, HIPAA
Cyber threats are well known and companies are often concerned about external threats to their IT systems – and considering the data on breaches, such concern is warranted. However, companies should not overlook insider threats – like the one highlighted in a recent...
May 19, 2022 | False Claims Act
The federal False Claims Act (“FCA”) is one of the most powerful tools frequently used by the federal government to combat fraud. The FCA prohibits any person from knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, a false or fraudulent claim for payment to the...
