Aug 30, 2024 | federal investigations
On August 29, 2024, the Department of Justice announced Roy L. Layne, an Arizona resident, pleaded guilty to charges of wire fraud and filing a false refund claim with the IRS. Layne’s plea is connected to allegations that he submitted false applications for COVID-19...
Jun 25, 2024 | Criminal Matters, Government Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud
On June 24, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the sentencing of two pharmacy owners in a case involving allegations of false claims submitted to Medicare and subsequent money laundering. Peter Khaim, 44, and his brother Arkadiy Khaimov, 41, both from Forest...
Jun 18, 2024 | White Collar Crime
The DOJ just announced that Kathleen Breault, a midwife at Sage-Femme Midwifery PLLC (Sage-Femme), has pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the United States and its departments and agencies. Breault’s guilty plea came after she admitted her role in a scheme that...
Jun 5, 2024 | Government Investigations, Health Care, Health Care Fraud
Although the COVID-19 pandemic is behind us, the regulatory and legal fallout from the pandemic is far from over. Since the COVID public health emergency (PHE) expired in May 2023, various federal agencies, including HHS-OIG and the DOJ, have been investigating...
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...
