Apr 20, 2022 | False Claims Act, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, White Collar Crime
The Department of Justice announced that Dr. Vinay Malviya, a Michigan gynecologic oncologist, agreed to pay $775,000 to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act. Specifically, it was alleged that Dr. Malviya performed radical and modified radical...
Apr 20, 2022 | False Claims Act
On April 13, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced that it had reached a settlement with Paul D. Weir, John R. Morgan, M.D., Care Plus Management, LLC (“Care Plus”), and over a dozen anesthesia companies that Care Plus...
Apr 12, 2022 | Government Investigations
Since the CARES Act was enacted, Chilivis Grubman has reported on government efforts to curtail fraud related to COVID-19 relief funds provided by the CARES Act. Between 2020 and the early parts of 2021, the government frequently reported on its investigations...
Apr 12, 2022 | White Collar Crime
The Department of Justice just announced that an Illinois man, Devontae Stokes, admitted to fraudulently obtaining unemployment insurance benefits (“UIB”) while incarcerated at a New Jersey federal correctional institution. According to court documents, from April...
Apr 12, 2022 | False Claims Act
On March 15, the Department of Justice filed a notice in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont indicating that it had elected to intervene in a False Claims Act lawsuit against Modernizing Medicine, Inc. (“ModMed”). The lawsuit was the result...
Apr 5, 2022 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud, White Collar Crime
On April 1, 2022, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a Missouri based non-profit, Preferred Family Healthcare (“PFH”), admitted to the misuse and misappropriation of federal funds designated for healthcare services. PFH received most of its funding from...
Apr 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
The Department of Justice just announced that California man, Robert Benlevi, was convicted by a federal jury of bank fraud, false statements to a financial institution, and money laundering for his role in a $27 million Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) fraud...
Mar 31, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On March 23, a federal jury in Fort Worth, Texas acquitted a former Boeing test pilot of charges for wire fraud stemming from his work on the Boeing 737 Max. In 2018 and 2019, system failures on the jets led to two fatal crashes and the deaths of 346 people. In...
Mar 30, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On November 8, 2021, Chilivis Grubman reported on the conviction of two clinic operators and brothers, Jonathan and Daniel Markovich. Jonathan Markovich owned and operated Second Chance Detox LLC, an inpatient detox and residential facility, and WAR Network LLC, a...
