May 8, 2024 | Government Investigations
On May 2nd, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a lengthy sentence in a case involving the unlawful distribution of opioids. Thomas Romano, a 74-year-old resident of Wheeling, West Virginia, owned and operated a pain management clinic in Martin’s Ferry, Ohio....
May 8, 2024 | Government Investigations
Whistleblower regulations are evolving, and at the core of this evolution are programs designed to incentivize individuals to alert authorities when inappropriate actions have taken place. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has taken another step to incentivize...
Apr 23, 2024 | Government Investigations
In the wake of the fiasco leaving thousands of Taylor Swift fans without tickets to see their favorite performer, Ticketmaster faces scrutiny from the Department of Justice for alleged questionable business practices. Since its longstanding merger with Live Nation in...
Apr 16, 2024 | Government Investigations, Health Care Fraud
On April 11, the Department of Justice announced the sentencing of Daphne Jenkins, a nurse practitioner from Virginia, in a federal court in Boston. The case involved a $7.8 million telemedicine fraud scheme related to durable medical equipment (DME), including...
Mar 29, 2024 | Government Investigations
On March 12, a federal jury in Washington, D.C., unanimously found Roman Sterlingov, a dual Russian-Swedish national, guilty on all charges related to his involvement with Bitcoin Fog, which operated as a bitcoin mixing service on the darknet. Sterlingov was involved...
Mar 26, 2024 | False Claims Act, Government Investigations, Health Care
Governor Brian Kemp’s conservative alternative to the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion has proven to be a costly endeavor that has provided minimal medical care coverage to Georgia enrollees. The Georgia Pathways to Coverage plan (“Pathways”) places a...
