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2022

Department of Justice News Releases

The Office of Inspector General presents fraud cases for both criminal and civil prosecution to United States Attorney's Offices throughout the country. Below are recent Press Releases relating to OPM fraud cases.

Date	Subject
April 29, 2022	Hearing Aid Company Eargo Inc. Agrees to Pay $34.37 Million to Settle Common Law and False Claims Act Allegations for Unsupported Diagnosis Codes
April 20, 2022	Maryland Doctor Facing Federal Indictment for COVID-19 Healthcare Fraud Scheme is Part of a Nationwide Coordinated Law Enforcement Action to Combat Health Care Related COVID-19 Fraud Announced by the Justice Department Today
April 12, 2022	Physician Partners of America to Pay $24.5 Million to Settle Allegations of Unnecessary Testing, Improper Remuneration to Physicians and a False Statement in Connection with COVID-19 Relief Funds
January 19, 2022	Former Federal Background Investigator Sentenced for Falsifying Background Investigation Reports
January 12, 2022	Surgery Centers and Medical Offices in New Jersey Settle Allegations of Federal Health Care Fraud

2021

Department of Justice News Releases

Date	Subject
December 16, 2021	Justice Department Announces Series of Cases to Combat Addiction Treatment Kickback Schemes in Southern California
December 10, 2021	Four People Indicted in International Telemedicine Health Care Fraud Kickback Scheme
December 3, 2021	Federal Jury Convicts Pharmacy Owner for Role in $174 Million Telemedicine Pharmacy Fraud Scheme
November 10, 2021	Las Vegas Couple Sentenced for Stealing Over $300,000 by Assuming Deceased Federal Employee's Identity
July 21, 2021	EEG Testing and Private Investment Companies Pay $15.3 Million to Resolve Kickback and False Billing Allegations
May 18, 2021	Owner of Company Providing Prosthetics and Orthotics Materials to Walter Reed National Military Center Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges in Maryland For Paying Gratuities
April 16, 2021	Six Individuals Sentenced for Nearly $8 Million Health Care Fraud Involving Northern Virginia Pharmacies
January 25, 2021	Five New Guilty Pleas In Nationwide Telemedicine Pharmacy Health Care Fraud Conspiracy

2020

Department of Justice News Releases

Date	Subject
October 14, 2020	St. Mary’s County Man Sentenced to 18 Months in Federal Prison for Stealing Over $409,000 in Government Benefits
August 24, 2020	DUSA Pharmaceuticals To Pay U.S. $20.75 Million To Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating To Promotion Of Unsupported Drug Administration Process
August 21, 2020	Former Queens Cardiologist Settles Civil Fraud Allegations
July 23, 2020	San Diego Laboratory Admits Fraudulent TRICARE Billing; Agrees to Pay $49 Million
July 16, 2020	Boulder County Woman Sentenced To Federal Prison For Stealing More Than $429,000 From Federal Government
July 10, 2020	Universal Health Services, Inc. And Related Entities To Pay $122 Million To Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating To Medically Unnecessary Inpatient Behavioral Health Services And Illegal Kickbacks
June 30, 2020	Sarasota-Based Ophthalmic Consultants Agrees To Pay $4.8 Million To Resolve Claims Of Multi-Dosing Patients
June 29, 2020	Ten Defendants Charged in $1.4 Billion Rural Hospital Pass-Through Billing Scheme
June 17, 2020	St. Mary's County Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing over $409,000 in Government Benefits
April 27, 2020	Testing Laboratory Agrees to Pay Up to $43 Million to Resolve Allegations of Medically Unnecessary Tests
March 18, 2020	Medical Practice to Pay $425,000 to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
March 12, 2020	Pharmacist Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Conspiring to Steal More than $4.5 Million in Prescription Reimbursements and for Unlawful Opioid Distribution and Agrees to Pay $300,000 to Settle False Claims Act Litigation
February 19, 2020	Guardian Elder Care Holdings and Related Entities Agree to Pay $15.4 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations for Billing for Medically Unnecessary Rehabilitation Therapy Services
February 5, 2020	Former Employee of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Facing Federal Indictment in Maryland
February 4, 2020	U. S. Settles False Claims Act Allegations Against Southeastern Retina Associates
January 16, 2020	San Antonio Area Pharmaceutical Sales Representative Sentenced to Prison for Paying Over $400K in Bribes to Physicians and Physician Assistants
January 15, 2020	Boulder County Woman Pleads Guilty After Stealing More Than $429,000 From Federal Government

2019

Department of Justice News Releases

Date	Subject
December 4, 2019	Detroit Man Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Impersonating Deceased Relatives and Stealing More than $800,000 in Government Benefits
October 29, 2019	Former Missouri Hospital Executive Pleads Guilty To Pass-Through Billing Scheme That Caused Over $100 Million In Losses
October 16, 2019	Former Suboxone Clinic Doctor Sentenced for Illegal Prescribing and Health Care Fraud
September 27, 2019	Federal Law Enforcement Action Involving Fraudulent Genetic Testing Results in Charges Against 35 Individuals Responsible for Over $2.1 Billion in Losses in One of the Largest Health Care Fraud Schemes Ever Charged
September 26, 2019	Federal Health Care Fraud Takedown in Northeastern U.S. Results in Charges Against 48 Individuals
September 23, 2019	Fayette County Family Practitioner Charged in 29-Count Indictment with Dispensing Opioids in Exchange for Sex and Health Care Fraud
September 18, 2019	25 Southern California Defendants Face Federal Charges Alleging Fraud Schemes that Cost Health Care Programs Millions of Dollars
September 11, 2019	Former Background Investigator for Federal Government Sentenced for Making False Statement
August 12, 2019	The United States files false claims act complaint against Robert C. Burkich, M.D. and affiliated entity
July 12, 2019	Former Background Investigator for Federal Government Sentenced for Making False Statements
July 11, 2019	Justice Department Obtains $1.4 Billion from Reckitt Benckiser Group in Largest Recovery in a Case Concerning an Opioid Drug in United States History
July 9, 2019	Substance Abuse Treatment Center Owner Pleads Guilty to $57 Million Money Laundering Conspiracy in Connection with Hospital Pass-Through Billing Scheme
July 9, 2019	Substance Abuse Treatment Center Owner Pleads Guilty to $57 Million Money Laundering Conspiracy in Connection with Hospital Pass-Through Billing Scheme
June 27, 2019	Anne Arundel Medical Center To Pay More Than $3 Million To Settle Federal False Claims Act Allegations
June 11, 2019	Georgia Podiatrist Sentenced to 36 months for his role in Kickback Scheme
May 9, 2019	Liberation Way Doctor Pleads Guilty To Health Care Fraud
March 25, 2019	Two Individuals Charged in Health Care Fraud Scheme Involving Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center with Multiple Pennsylvania Locations
February 6, 2019	Federal Law Enforcement Efforts to Combat the Opioid Crisis
January 31, 2019	Criminal Complaint Filed Against Suspended Nurse Practitioner for Illegal Prescriptions
January 22, 2019	Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces $269.2 Million Recovery From Walgreens In Two Civil Healthcare Fraud Settlements

2018

Department of Justice News Releases

Date	Subject
December 11, 2018	Coordinated Health and CEO Pay $12.5 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Liability for Fraudulent Billing
December 10, 2018	Federal Grand Jury Indicts Doctor for Allegedly Approving Medically Unnecessary Tests Billed to Medicare
December 7, 2018	Former Owner of Sleep Study Businesses Sentenced for Fraud
November 6, 2018	Former VA Field Examiner and OPM Investigator Kenneth Richard Devore Sentenced to Serve 96 Months in Prison for Fraud
October 15, 2018	Four Men and Seven Companies Indicted for Billion-Dollar Telemedicine Fraud Conspiracy, Telemedicine Company and CEO Plead Guilty in Two Fraud Schemes
October 1, 2018	AmerisourceBergen Corp. To Pay $625 Million To Settle Civil Fraud Allegations Resulting From Its Repackaging And Sale Of Adulterated Drugs And Unapproved New Drugs, Double Billing And Providing Kickbacks
September 12, 2018	CEO of Lab Testing Company and Marketing Representative Sentenced to Federal Prison in Pain Management Clinic Kickback Scheme
September 11, 2018	Pain Management Physician Sentenced to 8 Years in Federal Prison for Central Role in Million Dollar Kickback Scheme and Fraudulent Billing Scheme
Augusr 10, 2018	United States Settles False Claims Act Allegations Against Trinity Medical Pharmacy And Principals For More Than $2.2 Million
July 30, 2018	Former Owner of Sleep Study Businesses Convicted of Fraud Conspiracy
July 26, 2018	Federal Jury Convicts Former VA Field Examiner and OPM Investigator Kenneth Richard Devore of Fraud
July 19, 2018	Former Background Investigator for Federal Government Pleads Guilty to Making a False Statement
July 10, 2018	United States Settles False Claims Act Allegations Against Liberty Ambulance For $1.2 Million
May 22, 2018	Five Individuals, Including One-Time Fraud Investigator, Arrested in Health Care Fraud Scheme that Allegedly Sought $20 Million
April 9, 2018	Bowie Doctor Indicted For Health Care Fraud And Identity Theft
April 5, 2018	The Estate Of A Scranton Physician Agrees To Pay $625,000 To Settle False Claims Act Violations
March 12, 2018	Pharmacist and Pharmacy Employee Sentenced for Involvement in Over $30 Million Health Care Fraud
February 23, 2018	Port St. Lucie Dermatologist Sentence on Obstruction and Fraud Charges

2017

Department of Justice News Releases

Date	Subject
December 21, 2017	Former Owner of Sleep Study Clinics Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Tax Charges
November 22, 2017	Former IRS Employee Sentenced on Health Care Fraud Charge
November 9, 2017	Doctor Sentenced in Multi-Million Dollar Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme Involving Sober Homes and Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Centers
September 27, 2017	Amerisourcebergen Specialty Group Pleads Guilty to Distributing Misbranded Drugs and is Sentenced to Pay $260 Million to Resolve Criminal Liability
September 18, 2017	Pharmacist And His Employee Convicted Of Over $30 Million Health Care Fraud Against Military Insurance Program
September 5, 2017	Novo Nordisk Agrees to Pay $58 Million for Failure to Comply with FDA-Mandated Risk Program
June 1, 2017	Snoqualmie Washington Man Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Defrauding Government Programs of More than $646,000
April 26, 2017	Four Defendants Sentenced to Prison in Multi-Million Dollar Health Care Fraud Scheme Involving Sober Homes and Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Centers
February 10, 2017	Plantation Physician and Physician Practice to Pay $750,000 to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations Involving Medically Unnecessary Sinus and Throat Procedures

2016

Date	Subject
December 21, 2016	Six Defendants Charged in Health Care Fraud Scheme Involving Sober Homes and Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Centers
December 12, 2016	Former Head of Non-Profit Organization Pleads Guilty in Theft of More Than $250,000
December 6, 2016	South Miami Hospital Agrees to Pay the United States $12 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
December 1, 2016	Executives, Surgeons, Physicians, and Others Affiliated with Forest Park Medical Center (FPMC) in Dallas Indicted in Massive Conspiracy
April 15, 2016	Warner Chilcott Sentenced to Pay $125 Million for Health Care Fraud Scheme
March 11, 2016	Daughter of Former Federal Employees Pleads Guilty To Stealing Over $700,000 in Retirement Benefits
March 11, 2016	Two Men Sentenced to Jail for Health Care Fraud
March 4, 2016	Federal Jury Convicts Dallas Anesthesiologist on Health Care Fraud Offenses Involving Approximately $10 Million in Fraudulent Billings
February 24, 2016	Former Background Investigator for Federal Government Pleads Guilty to Making a False Statement

2015

Department of Justice News Releases

Date	Subject
February 19, 2015	Adventist To Pay More Than $2 Million To Resolve False Claims Allegations
November 23, 2015	Winthrop Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Over $400,000 in Government Benefits
November 12, 2015	Former Pharma Company Manager Pleads Guilty to Criminal HIPAA Violation
October 29, 2015	Warner Chilcott Agrees to Plead Guilty to Felony Health Care Fraud Scheme and Pay $125 Million to Resolve Criminal Liability and False Claims Act Allegations
October 20, 2015	Former Background Investigator for Federal Government Pleads Guilty to Making a False Statement
October 19, 2015	Millennium Health Agrees to Pay $256 Million to Resolve Allegations of Unnecessary Drug and Genetic Testing and Illegal Remuneration to Physicians
September 4, 2015	Doctors Convicted in $2.5 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
July 30, 2015	Medical Device Manufacturer NuVasive Inc. to Pay $13.5 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations
July 7, 2015	Former Warner Chilcott Sales Manager Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud
June 18, 2015	District Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Nearly $200,000 In Federal Retirement Benefits
June 9, 2015	Former President of Riverside General Hospital Sentenced to 45 Years in Prison in $158 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
March 6, 2015	Two Found Guilty In Scheme That Bilked Insurance Plans For More Than $50 Million Of Unneeded Medical Procedures
January 29, 2015	Snoqualmie Washington Man Indicted for Extensive Benefits Fraud Scheme