Apr 3, 2024 | Health Care Fraud
On March 29, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the conviction of Gayk Akhsharumov, the owner of two California-based hospice companies, along with his biller and consultant, Karen Sarkisyan, for their alleged involvement in activities that the DOJ claims...
Mar 29, 2024 | Health Care Fraud
Ohio pharmacist, Nathanael Thompson, and pharmacy technician, Sanam Ahmad, have been convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and two counts of defrauding Medicaid for their roles in a $2.3 million scheme. Thompson owned four pharmacies in...
Mar 26, 2024 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud, White Collar Crime
The DOJ announced that Jeffrey W. Young Jr., a Tennessee nurse practitioner known as the “Rock Doc,” has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for illegally prescribing opioids. Young, along with two doctors, was indicted in April 2019 for allegedly prescribing...
Mar 5, 2024 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud
Medical doctor, Alexander Baldonado, has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, six counts of health care fraud, two counts of conspiracy to defraud the United States and pay and receive health care kickbacks, and one count of...
Feb 27, 2024 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Healthcare Transactions
The DOJ just announced that Dr. John Thropay, former radiation oncologist, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and four counts of health care fraud. A California federal jury convicted Thropay for his role in a $2.8 million Medicare...
Feb 23, 2024 | False Claims Act, Fraud Investigations, Government Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, Medicare and Medicaid, White Collar Crime
On February 22, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released its annual False Claims Act (FCA) statistics for Fiscal Year 2023. The DOJ’s press release announced the “highest number of settlements and judgments in history,” at 543 total settlements and judgments....
