Fraudsters exploit the complexities of health care
ALBURY, NSW — Dr. Gregory John Couch has been arrested and charged with offences related to child abuse material following a police operation at a residence on Roper Street in …
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Healthcare Scams
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PINELLAS COUNTY, FL — FBI agents arrested Clearwater businessman Leo Govoni early Thursday, accusing him of misappropriating at least $100 million from a nonprofit medical trust fund. Govoni was taken …
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LOS ANGELES, CA — Mihran Panosyan, 46, of Winnetka, pleaded guilty Monday to laundering over $4.6 million in a sophisticated Medicare fraud scheme involving fake hospice companies, federal prosecutors announced. …
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PHILADELPHIA, PA — The U.S. Attorney’s Office has added a new defendant to an alleged long-running health fraud case centered around Mary and Floyd “Fred” Blakley, a couple accused of …
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NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (KCRG/Gray News) — Authorities arrested 56-year-old Kevin Lane Grimm after he allegedly stole and attempted to sell $60,000 worth of medical equipment from the University of Iowa’s …
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MINEOLA, N.Y. — Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that Joseph Golyan, a 64-year-old gastroenterologist from Great Neck, has been charged with grand larceny for allegedly collecting over …
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CHICAGO — A newly unsealed federal indictment reveals that Dr. Anosh Ahmed, former COO and CFO of Loretto Hospital, led a $300 million COVID-19 testing scam while also stealing $15 …
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A California physician, Dr. Salvador Plasencia, has agreed to plead guilty to distributing ketamine to actor Matthew Perry in the weeks leading up to his fatal overdose, federal prosecutors announced. …
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WASHINGTON — Two Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) employees, Michelle Shropshire, 54, of Waldorf, MD, and Harlisha Jones, 49, of Clinton, MD and Washington, DC, were arrested Friday on …
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Indian-Origin OB-GYN Sentenced to 10 Years in $2.4M Healthcare Fraud Case Dr. Mona Ghosh, 52, an Illinois-based OB-GYN and owner of Progressive Women’s Healthcare in Hoffman Estates, has been sentenced …