Mar 10, 2022 | COVID-19 Related Law, Fraud Investigations, White Collar Crime
On March 10, the Department of Justice announced the appointment of a chief prosecutor to oversee enforcement efforts stemming from fraud against COVID-19 pandemic relief funds. Associate Deputy Attorney General Kevin Chambers has been named the Director for COVID-19...
Mar 9, 2022 | Fraud Investigations
On March 4, 2022, the Department of Justice announced the sentencing of two Florida tax preparers. Nikency Alexis, the owner and operator of Unity Tax & Financial Services, a Broward County tax preparation business, was sentenced to 45 months in prison, and Thony...
Jan 31, 2022 | Fraud Investigations
On January 26, the Department of Justice announced the 5-year prison sentence of a Mississippi pharmacist for a multimillion-dollar scheme to defraud TRICARE and private insurance companies. David “Jason” Rutland was found to have paid kickbacks to distributors for...
Jan 31, 2022 | Fraud Investigations
On January 24, the Department of Justice announced the indictment of Joseph Schwartz, an insurance broker and the former owner of Skyline Healthcare, a network of healthcare and rehabilitation facilities. Schwartz faces 22 federal charges of labor violations and...
Jan 27, 2022 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations
The False Claims Act is one of the federal government’s most useful tools in rooting out and remedying fraud against the United States by government contractors and healthcare providers. The statutory scheme allows for treble damages and civil penalties against those...
Jan 5, 2022 | Fraud Investigations, White Collar Crime
In early December 2021, CG attorneys wrote about a Georgia man sentenced to two years in prison for CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan fraud. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia prosecuted the case. Recently, the DOJ...
