Leader of $160M Medicare Fraud Scheme Convicted
5 days ago · HOUSTON — The ringleader in a $160 million Medicare fraud scheme was convicted of 15 counts of criminal conduct following a multiagency investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Houston, the FBI, IRS Criminal Investigation, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the Texas Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control ...
Health care fraudster Philip Esformes is latest Trump clemency ...
4 days ago · Philip Esformes, whose 20-year prison sentence for a massive, $1.3 billion Medicare fraud scheme was commuted in 2020 by then-President Donald Trump, was arrested over the weekend in Florida on ...
Houston man guilty in massive Medicare fraud scheme | khou.com
4 days ago · Updated: 5:06 PM CDT October 16, 2024. HOUSTON — A Houston man behind a massive Medicare fraud scheme is believed to have made more than $200 million by fraudulently billing patients for ...
Houston man guilty in $160M Medicare fraud scheme | FDA
Tuesday, October 15, 2024. HOUSTON - A 59-year-old Houston man has been convicted of all 15 counts as charged for heading a massive Medicare fraud scheme involving the fraudulent billing of ...
Justice Department charges nearly 200 people in $2.7 billion ... - CNN
Jun 27, 2024 · The Justice Department announced a sweeping series of charges Thursday against nearly 200 people accused of participating in health care fraud schemes with false claims topping $2.7 billion.
DOJ charges nearly 200 people in $2.7B health care fraud …
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Thursday, that nearly 200 people have been charged in a sweeping nationwide crackdown on health care fraud schemes with false claims topping $2.7 billion.
Office of Public Affairs | National Health Care Fraud Enforcement ...
Jun 27, 2024 · In just 16 months, Medicare paid two defendants more than $600 million as a result of their fraud scheme, paying on average more than a million dollars per patient for these unnecessary grafts.
SC federal judge seeks arrest of billion-dollar Medicare kingpin ...
Aug 28, 2024 · A South Carolina federal judge on Tuesday ordered the immediate arrest of the kingpin of a billion dollar Medicare fraud scheme, part of which took place in the Palmetto State.
Serial Health Care Fraudster Sentenced for $234M Medicare Fraud …
Jan 30, 2024 · Medicare paid HCPL approximately $31.7 million based on these fraudulent claims. Shams pleaded guilty in the Central District of California on Jan. 24, 2023, to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and concealment of his exclusion from Medicare.
Medicare pushes new payment rule after alleged $3 billion fraud …
Jul 2, 2024 · Federal officials are seeking to overhaul how Medicare pays health-care providers after an alleged $3 billion scheme to defraud the program, which would be one of the largest such schemes in its...