Nov 26, 2019 | White Collar Crime
The Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have published a memorandum of understanding related to violations by Federal Housing Administration (FHA) lenders. Citing a shared goal of addressing FHA program requirements and...
Oct 23, 2019 | White Collar Crime
Federal sentencing, including the imposition of fines and penalties against corporate defendants, are governed by the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. Under some circumstances, the Guidelines allow fines to be reduced if a company demonstrates that it cannot afford to...
Aug 27, 2019 | White Collar Crime
In 2016, Stop Illinois Health Care Fraud, LLC, brought a case against Asif Sayeed, Physician Care Services, S.C., Vital Home & Healthcare, Inc., and Management Principles, Inc. (MPI) under the qui tam (whistleblower) provisions of the False Claims Act (FCA),...
Jul 25, 2019 | White Collar Crime
On July 17, 2019, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Miami-Luken, Inc., a pharmaceutical distributor. The indictment has garnered attention due to the named defendants and the allegations. Besides Miami-Luken, the indictment named individually (1)...
Jun 27, 2019 | White Collar Crime
Last month, Mr. Roderic Bain, the owner of over a dozen durable medical equipment companies, was sentenced to 40 months in federal prison and ordered to pay over $1.9 million in fines for submitting over $10 million in claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary...
May 28, 2019 | Health Care, White Collar Crime
Kaydon Corporation, a Michigan-based company that manufacturers ball bearings used on medical systems, industrial machinery, and semiconductors, has agreed to pay $38,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The plaintiff...
