Dec 21, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On December 20, the Department of Justice announced BioTelemetry Inc. and its subsidiary CardioNet LLC (collectively “BioTelemetry”) have agreed to pay $44,875,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by “knowingly submitting claims to...
Dec 21, 2022 | White Collar Crime
The DOJ announced that five former school administrators were sentenced for their roles in an elaborate federal financial aid scheme. Sandra Anderson, Yolanda Brown Thomas, Kristina Parker, Erica Montgomery, and Leo Frank Thomas (Defendants) previously pleaded guilty...
Dec 14, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On December 12, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced Jonas Purisch, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced to three years in prison for not paying over more than $2 million in payroll taxes to the IRS on behalf of his companies’ employees. Purisch purportedly...
Dec 14, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On Wednesday, December 7, 2022, U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg refused to dismiss a $400 million healthcare kickback case due to alleged speedy trial violations. Judge Totenberg explained that several factors played into the nearly six-year pendency of the case,...
Dec 14, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On December 7, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that a father and son were sentenced to prison for their roles in defrauding the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). According to the government, Izzat Freitekh and his son, Tarik Freitekh, submitted...
Dec 7, 2022 | White Collar Crime
On Thursday, December 1, 2022, a former counselor for the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency (GVRA) was sentenced to five years in federal prison for stealing more than $1.3 million in funding from the GVRA that was intended to help state residents with...
