Medicare fraud

SOUTH CAROLINA (WJBF) — A Hephzibah, Georgia woman is facing federal charges as part of the Department of Justice’s 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, the largest in U.S. history. …

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. …

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 …

BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) — Former Bismarck mayoral candidate Isaac Afoakwa is facing 12 federal charges after allegedly using his medical transportation business to fraudulently obtain over $1.6 million in pandemic-related …

LOS ANGELES — Former celebrity attorney Tom Girardi was sentenced Tuesday to over seven years in federal prison for stealing at least $15 million from his own clients in a …

WEST COVINA, CA — Two women from West Covina were arrested Tuesday in connection with a long-running scheme that allegedly defrauded Medicare of approximately $4.8 million through false hospice care …

Saugus, CA — Jessa Zayas, also known as Jessa Contreras, a vocational nurse and CEO of two hospice companies, has been arrested in connection with a $2.5 million Medicare fraud …

Jamie P. McNamara, 49, from Kansas City, Missouri, has admitted to running a massive Medicare fraud scheme that cost the government tens of millions. In court, McNamara pleaded guilty to …

CHICAGO — Two men have been charged in one of the largest healthcare fraud cases involving COVID-19 testing. Syed Mehdi Hussain and Syed Murtuza Kablazada face federal charges for allegedly …

EVERETT, WA — The owner of an Everett-based laboratory, Mohammed Asif, 34, has been charged with health care fraud and conspiracy to commit health care fraud after allegedly billing Medicare …