May 11, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On May 9, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the sentencing of two Florida men, Phillip J. Augustin and James Stote for leading a nationwide scheme to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA)...
May 10, 2022 | White Collar Crime
Wesley Blake Barber, a former patient recruiter, was just sentenced for his role in a transvaginal mesh (“TVM”) fraud scheme that involved payments of bribes and kickbacks. In September 2021, Barber pleaded guilty for his role in the scheme, and he faced up to 5 years...
May 10, 2022 | Health Care Fraud, White Collar Crime
On May 4, 2022, United States Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. announced the U.S. Department of Justice’s 2022 Opioid Enforcement Action, highlighting the department’s efforts. While enforcement actions related to COVID-19 and HIPAA breaches have...
May 3, 2022 | White Collar Crime
The DOJ just announced that Donald Woo Lee, a former internal medicine doctor from Temecula, California, was sentenced to 93 months in prison for defrauding Medicare. In June of 2016, Lee was charged with seven counts of health care fraud and one count of adulteration...
Apr 20, 2022 | False Claims Act, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, White Collar Crime
The Department of Justice announced that Dr. Vinay Malviya, a Michigan gynecologic oncologist, agreed to pay $775,000 to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act. Specifically, it was alleged that Dr. Malviya performed radical and modified radical...
Apr 12, 2022 | White Collar Crime
The Department of Justice just announced that an Illinois man, Devontae Stokes, admitted to fraudulently obtaining unemployment insurance benefits (“UIB”) while incarcerated at a New Jersey federal correctional institution. According to court documents, from April...
