Oct 28, 2024 | White Collar Crime
The DOJ announced that Tyshion Nautese Hicks, of Vienna, Georgia, was just sentenced to 12 years in prison for her role in a $30 million COVID-19 unemployment scheme. Hicks, along with six co-conspirators, were indicted in 2022 for, amongst other things, conspiracy...
Oct 22, 2024 | White Collar Crime
On October 17, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the sentencing of several executives and a corporation involved in what it described as a conspiracy related to price-fixing, bid-rigging, and job allocation in the ready-mix concrete industry in the Savannah,...
Oct 14, 2024 | False Claims Act, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, White Collar Crime
On October 10, 2024, the DOJ announced that Teva Pharmaceuticals had agreed to pay $450 million to resolve two matters, one of which was the result of an investigation conducted pursuant to the False Claims Act (FCA). According to the DOJ, the settlement encompasses...
Oct 9, 2024 | White Collar Crime
On October 7, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Kenneth Marston, a Massachusetts business owner, pleaded guilty to willfully failing to collect, account for, and pay payroll taxes owed by his companies. Marston owned and operated Bowmar Steel Industries...
Aug 7, 2024 | Health Care, White Collar Crime
The DOJ announced that Dr. Gregory J. Gerber has agreed to the entry of a consent judgment and permanent injunction to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act (FCA) and the Controlled Substance Act (CSA). According to the 2018 Complaint, between 2013 and...
Jul 26, 2024 | White Collar Crime
The DOJ announced that Dr. Michael Fletcher, former member of the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure (KBML), was convicted of three counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance. Fletcher worked as physician at Interventional Pain Specialists located in...
