Feb 17, 2025 | Fraud Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud
A federal jury has found a New York doctor guilty of orchestrating a fraudulent scheme that led to the submission of over $24 million in false claims to Medicare. Dr. Alexander Baldonado, 69, of Queens, was convicted for his role in ordering medically unnecessary...
Feb 11, 2025 | Land Use Law, Land Zoning Law
The Piedmont Park Conservancy is updating its comprehensive plan for the first time in 25 years and is seeking community input to shape the future of Atlanta’s most popular green space. Proposed improvements include a new boardwalk around Lake Clara Meer, additional...
Feb 11, 2025 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud
The DOJ announced that four pharmacists have been sentenced for their roles in a massive healthcare fraud scheme that defrauded Medicare, Medicaid, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan out of over $13 million. The pharmacists will now face prison sentences ranging...
Feb 11, 2025 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud
On February 6, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that four pharmacists were sentenced in connection with a $13 million health care fraud case involving Medicare, Medicaid, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. The individuals received varying sentences...
Feb 10, 2025 | Health Care Fraud
Dr. Adrian Dexter Talbot, a 59-year-old physician from Slidell, Louisiana, was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison for his involvement in an illegal drug distribution scheme. Talbot was found guilty of conspiring to distribute over 1.8 million doses of Schedule...
Feb 10, 2025 | False Claims Act, federal investigations, Fraud Investigations, Government Contract, Government Investigations
On January 31, 2025, President Trump issued Executive Order 14173, entitled “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity” (“EO”). The stated purpose of the EO “is to ensure that [the federal government enforces civil rights laws] by...
Feb 4, 2025 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud
In a recent case, Petros Fichidzhyan, a 43-year-old man from Granada Hills, California, has pleaded guilty to charges of health care fraud, aggravated identity theft, and money laundering in connection with a fraudulent scheme that deceived Medicare out of more than...
Feb 4, 2025 | Land Use Law, Land Zoning Law
Three years after demolition began on a planned 700-home development in Edgewood, much of the 13.3-acre site remains undeveloped. The former Edwards Fine Foods facility was cleared in early 2022, making way for a mixed-use project led by Toll Brothers. While the...
Feb 4, 2025 | False Claims Act
The DOJ announced that Arizona couple, Alexandra Gehrke and Jeffrey King, have pleaded guilty to a $1.2 billion health care fraud scheme stemming from the use of amniotic products. Gehrke pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud in...
