Sep 3, 2024 | False Claims Act
The COVID-19 pandemic was declared to have ended in May 2023 but prosecution of fraud stemming from the global crisis remains active. The DOJ announced that Roy L. Layne, of Arizona, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and filing a false claim related to COVID-19 relief....
Aug 22, 2024 | False Claims Act
The DOJ announced that West Coast Dental Administrative Services LLC and its owners/founders, Drs. Soleyman Cohen-Sedgh, Farid Pakravan, and Farhad Manavi (West Coast Dental), have paid $6.3 million to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act (FCA) by...
Aug 18, 2024 | False Claims Act, PPP Investigations
On August 15, 2024, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced that a Calabasas-based law firm, The Bloom Firm, and two members of the firm’s senior management, had agreed to pay $274,000 to settle allegations that...
Aug 2, 2024 | False Claims Act
On July 25, 2024, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland awarded default judgments amounting to $26,341,951 against Patrick Britton-Harr and his laboratory companies for alleged violations of the False...
Jul 1, 2024 | Medicare and Medicaid
Medicare has recently intensified its focus on durable medical equipment (DME) due to concerns about fraud and overpayments. Common schemes of DME fraud include billing for equipment that was never provided, upcoding to more expensive items, or prescribing medically...
