Aug 9, 2022 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud
The DOJ just announced the conviction of, Jaroslava Ruiz, for her role in a scheme that defrauded private health insurers of approximately $34.6 million. Ruiz, of Chapel Hill, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud and 10...
Aug 3, 2022 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a special fraud alert on July 20, 2022, relating to potential fraud concerns in the telehealth industry. Special fraud alerts are rare—this newest alert is only the fourth issued in the last decade. A special...
Aug 3, 2022 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud
The DOJ announced that Paragon Community Healthcare, a Tampa-area pain management clinic, would be closed to resolve allegations of violating the Controlled Substances Act (“CSA”). The clinic owners, Theodore Ferguson II and Timothy Ferguson (the “Fergusons”) along...
Jul 26, 2022 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud
The DOJ announced that father and son pharmacists, Isaac F. Brady III and Isaac F. Brady IV, entered a consent decree to resolve allegations of unlawful opioid distributions. The consent decree restrains and enjoins the pharmacy, Asheboro Drug Company, and its...
Jul 14, 2022 | Health Care Fraud, White Collar Crime
A New York federal jury just convicted Harold Bendelstein, 71, of one count of health care fraud and one count of making a false claim. Bendelstein was one of thirteen healthcare professionals indicted in 2018 as part of a National Healthcare Fraud Takedown led by the...
Jun 8, 2022 | Health Care Fraud
The DOJ announced that Kateline Lavache, a family nurse practitioner of Hampton, Georgia, was arrested June 1st for her role in a health care fraud scheme. According to the indictment, Lavache and her co-conspirators allegedly prescribed medically unnecessary durable...
