Apr 4, 2023 | Fraud Investigations, Government Investigations, Health Care Fraud
Karen Sarkisyan, Gayk Akhsharumov, and Babken Chalkadryan, of San Gabriel Hospice & Palliative Care Inc. (“San Gabriel”), were each previously charged in the U.S Central District Court of California with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to...
Mar 27, 2023 | Health Care Fraud
On March 23, 2023, The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Dr. William Lawrence Siefert and Dr. Timothy Ehn were convicted of health care fraud. Dr. Ehn was also convicted of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. According to the government, Dr....
Mar 13, 2023 | Health Care Fraud
On March 10, a federal jury convicted former physician, Frederick Gooding, 71, of Wilmington, Delaware, for his role in a $5 million health care fraud scheme. Gooding first worked as a medical practitioner in Delaware from 1996 to 2013. In 2010, the Delaware medical...
Jan 31, 2023 | Health Care Fraud, White Collar Crime
The DOJ announced that 25 defendants have been charged with selling fake nursing degrees and transcripts from three accredited Florida-based nursing schools. All defendants face up to 20 years in prison after being charged with varying counts of conspiracy to commit...
Jan 31, 2023 | Government Investigations, Health Care Fraud
Mark Sorensen was found guilty, by a federal jury, of one count of conspiracy and three counts of payment of illegal kickbacks. Sorensen, along with 52 additional individuals, was indicted in September 2019 as part of a Midwest health care fraud enforcement action....
Jan 10, 2023 | False Claims Act, Health Care Fraud
The DOJ announced that John Grisham, Rob Wilburn, and Richard Speights were charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States and to pay and receive health care kickbacks and bribes. The Defendants, and their co-conspirators, allegedly submitted at least $107...
