Jul 5, 2025 | Civil Healthcare Litigation, DOJ, False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Government Investigations, Government Litigation, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid, White Collar Crime
While much of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) enforcement has shifted away from white collar to other areas such as immigration, drug trafficking, and violent crime, the Trump DOJ has made clear that it will continue to prioritize enforcement under the False...
May 13, 2025 | Criminal Matters, DOJ, Government Investigations, Health Care Fraud, White Collar Crime
On May 12, 2025, Matthew Galeotti, who heads the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) criminal division, released a memo addressed to all criminal division personnel entitled “Focus, Fairness, and Efficiency in the Fight Against White-Collar Crime.”...
Mar 12, 2025 | DOJ, federal investigations, Fraud Investigations, Health Care Fraud, White Collar Crime
On March 10, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that two owners of a Florida-based clinical research facility pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with asthma drug trials. According to the DOJ, Angela...
Mar 11, 2025 | DOJ, federal investigations, Federal Tax Investigations, Fraud Investigations, White Collar Crime
The DOJ has announced its largest forfeiture in the history of the Department of Justice’s Health Care Fraud Unit. A Texas pharmacist, Dehshid “David” Nourian, has been sentenced to over 17 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $405 million in assets for...
Sep 15, 2024 | DOJ, False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Health Care, Medicare and Medicaid
Late last week, the Department of Justice announced that Walgreen had agreed to pay over $106 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by billing government health care programs for prescriptions that were never dispensed. According to the...
Feb 9, 2024 | DOJ, False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud
Recently, as I scrolled through my Google News Alert email for “False Claims Act,” one government press release caught my eye. The title – “National Roofing Company Settles PPP Fraud Allegations for $9 Million” – while certainly noteworthy, was not what interested...
