Fraudsters exploit the complexities of health care
Ester N. Mbaya, a 43-year-old woman from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for committing health care fraud and bank fraud. She was also ordered …
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NEWARK, N.J. — Raheel Naviwala, 36, of Coral Springs, Florida, was convicted by a federal jury for his role in a fraudulent durable medical equipment (DME) scheme that defrauded Medicare …
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Tennessee Pharmacist Philip Hall Indicted for Fraud Scheme
Tennessee – Philip Hall, 48, a pharmacist and owner of Hall Family Pharmacy, Inc., has been arrested and indicted on 15 federal charges related to a health care fraud scheme. …
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Trivikram Reddy, 43, a nurse practitioner from Waxahachie, Texas, who was convicted of wire fraud conspiracy in 2021, will now forfeit over $40 million held in foreign accounts, according to …
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A federal judge has granted Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, an East Memphis doctor, release on a $100,000 bond following his indictment on 23 federal charges. The unsealed indictment, …
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Healthcare Scams
Belagavi Health Officials Arrest Quack Umesh Acharya for Running Illegal Clinic
by Ananya MehtaHealth Department officials in Belagavi arrested Umesh Acharya, a quack, for operating an unlicensed clinic in Bhadkal Galli on Thursday. Acharya had been providing unauthorized medical treatments at Shiva Clinic, …
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Community Health Care Solutions, LLC, and the estate of its late owner, Yolanda Burnom, have agreed to pay $4.6 million to settle allegations of defrauding Medicaid. According to the U.S. …
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An arrest warrant has been issued for Xander Phoenix, a 52-year-old former resident of New Westminster, who faces two forgery-related charges following a lengthy fraud investigation by Kelowna RCMP. Phoenix …
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Healthcare Scams
Sydney Nurse Sarah Abu Lebdeh Charged Over Threatening Video Involving Israeli Patients
Sarah Abu Lebdeh, a 26-year-old nurse who worked at Bankstown Hospital in Sydney, has been charged following the release of a viral video that appeared to show her and a …
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Jacquelyn Farrish, 61, of Danville, Virginia, pleaded guilty to health care fraud on Tuesday after admitting to fraudulently submitting nearly 10,000 hours of personal care service claims to Medicaid. The …