Dec 20, 2021 | White Collar Crime
On December 16, 2021, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that Leah and Michael Hagen had been sentenced to 151 months in prison and were ordered to pay approximately $27 million back to the government in restitution for their role in a Medicare kickback...
Dec 20, 2021 | Government Investigations
Chilivis Grubman attorneys frequently discuss the federal False Claims Act (“FCA”) and how it is a powerful tool used by the federal government to combat fraud. The government routinely collects over a billion dollars annually in settlements and judgments from FCA...
Dec 15, 2021 | False Claims Act, White Collar Crime
On December 8, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia announced that Brandon Ridge had been sentenced to two years in prison for fraudulently obtaining loans from the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). Ridge had previously pled...
Dec 13, 2021 | Health Care, White Collar Crime
Since September 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) has made several announcements related to former NFL players pleading guilty to defrauding healthcare and COVID-19 relief programs. For example, in September, Chilivis Grubman attorneys discussed former NFL...
Dec 8, 2021 | Fraud Investigations, Government Investigations
On November 30, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that Thomas Wilburn Shoemaker was sentenced in the Southern District of Mississippi to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution and forfeit assets traced to gains from his role in a...
Dec 8, 2021 | Fraud Investigations, Government Investigations
On December 3, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced that a federal jury convicted Peter Bolos for his role in a telemedicine pharmacy fraud scheme. After a month-long trial, Mr. Bolos was convicted of “22 counts of mail fraud, conspiracy to commit...
Dec 2, 2021 | False Claims Act
On November 22, 2021, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) announced a $9 million civil consent judgment related to False Claims Act violations (“FCA”) involving Dr. Daniel McCollum, who also entered a guilty plea related to healthcare fraud conspiracies. Dr....
Dec 2, 2021 | White Collar Crime
Mr. Tiyari Collins and Mrs. Farah Collins, a married couple, had pled guilty to tax fraud and fraud against COVID relief programs in an amount of at least $5.7 million in total. The fraud against the COVID relief programs was the result of fraudulent applications for...
Nov 29, 2021 | Health Care
On November 8, 2021, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) updated and renamed the Provider Self-Disclosure Protocol, which established a process for individuals to voluntarily disclose potential fraud involving...
Nov 16, 2021 | White Collar Crime
On November 10, the Department of Justice announced that a former Army civilian employee had pled guilty and been sentenced in connection with a kickback scheme involving contracts for work to be performed at an Army base in Kuwait. Ephraim Garcia was employed by the...
