Nov 15, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On November 9, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a federal grand jury in Newark, New Jersey, returned an indictment charging an Indian national for an $8 million Covid-19 relief fraud scheme. According to the indictment, Abhishek Krishnan fraudulently obtained...
Nov 1, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On October 27, the Department of Justice announced Kenneth Barngrover, M.D., and his practice, Southeast Regional Pain Center (SRPC), in Columbus, Georgia, will pay $1,000,000 in civil penalties. Barngrover operated a worker’s compensation pharmacy out of SRPC offices...
Oct 20, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On September 27, 2022, Georgia resident Tiffany Brown was indicted on 11 counts of major disaster fraud, 14 counts of wire fraud, one count of theft of government money, and three counts of money laundering. After Category 4 Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in...
Sep 19, 2022 | White Collar Crime
The revocation of Medicare billing privileges can significantly affect providers and often results in a snowball effect, where the revoked provider is scrutinized by private employers and privilege-granting institutions. Revoked providers can lose facility...
Sep 19, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On Thursday, September 8, 2022, U.S. District Judge Steve C. Jones sentenced a former City of Atlanta executive to 14 years in prison and ordered her to pay $2.9 million in restitution. Mitzi Bickers, 56, was the director of Atlanta’s human services department from...
Sep 5, 2022 | Government Investigations, White Collar Crime
On September 5, 2022, United States District Judge Aileen Cannon, of the Southern District of Florida, issued an Order granting in part former president Donald Trump’s “Motion for Judicial Oversight and Additional Relief.” In that motion, President Trump asked that...
