May 8, 2024 | Criminal Matters, Government Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud, White Collar Crime
On May 2nd, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that an opioid manufacturer was ordered to pay $1.086 billion in criminal fines and an additional $450 million in criminal forfeiture for violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. This marks the...
Apr 22, 2024 | White Collar Crime
In 1997, the Supreme Court of the United States decided the case of United States v. Watts. The police in Watts discovered cocaine and guns in the defendant’s house. At trial, Watts was convicted of possessing cocaine, but acquitted of using a firearm in relation to a...
Apr 17, 2024 | White Collar Crime
The DOJ announced that Dr. William Lawrence Siefert and Dr. Timothy Ehn were sentenced to prison for their roles in a fraudulent urine drug testing scheme. The two doctors were found guilty of health care fraud and conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Dr. Ehn is a...
Apr 16, 2024 | White Collar Crime
On April 10, the Department of Justice announced that a Louisiana woman, Melissa J. Watson of Slidell, pleaded guilty to theft of public money in connection with an alleged scheme to misappropriate over $780,000 from the Provider Relief Fund (PRF), a COVID-19 relief...
Mar 26, 2024 | Health Care, Health Care Fraud, White Collar Crime
The DOJ announced that Jeffrey W. Young Jr., a Tennessee nurse practitioner known as the “Rock Doc,” has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for illegally prescribing opioids. Young, along with two doctors, was indicted in April 2019 for allegedly prescribing...
Mar 12, 2024 | COVID-19 Related Law, PPP Investigations, White Collar Crime
Since 2020, Chilivis Grubman attorneys have closely monitored and documented indictments, guilty verdicts, and prison sentences tied to COVID-19 relief programs. Enforcement of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act has spanned individuals and...
