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Aggravated Identity Theft and Federal Fraud Cases

March 27, 2023March 29, 2023palmbeachfederaldefense

A former bookkeeper from Coral Springs was sentenced last week to 51 months in federal prison for embezzling $94,500 from her former employer, a trucking maintenance company based in Fort Lauderdale. She executed the theft through a fraud scheme that involved created
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The Anti-Kickback Statute and Health Care Fraud

December 7, 2022March 29, 2023palmbeachfederaldefense

The Anti-Kickback Statute The Anti-Kickback Statute, 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b), is a federal criminal law that prohibits the knowing and willful payment of any form of compensation (called “remuneration”) to induce or reward patient referrals or the generation of business involving any item
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Medicare fraud in Florida and its possible penalties

September 22, 2022March 31, 2023palmbeachfederaldefense

Medicare is a government program that was established to help seniors and disabled individuals in Florida and the rest of the country afford healthcare. Unfortunately, it doesn’t cater to all seniors and disabled individuals. The government has placed strict rules and guidelines
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Bond Revoked in Miami Health Care Fraud Case

June 16, 2022March 31, 2023palmbeachfederaldefense

A South Florida man awaiting trial for allegedly submitting more than $4 million in fraudulent health-care claims was detained on a jet ski as he tried to escape to Cuba, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. U.S. Coast
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138 People Charged in $1.4B Health Care Fraud

September 17, 2021March 31, 2023palmbeachfederaldefense

The Department of Justice announced criminal charges against 138 people, including 42 medical professionals, for health care fraud that involved about $1.4 billion. The charged schemes include telemedicine fraud, Covid-19 fraud, sober homes cases, opioid distribution fraud, and other “traditional” health care fraud such as fraudulent billing.

Three Boca Men Charged in $46 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

May 11, 2021March 31, 2023palmbeachfederaldefense

Three telemarking company owners were charged for their alleged participation in a $46 million health care fraud, kickback, and money laundering scheme involving the referral of medically unnecessary cancer genetic tests to labs in exchange for kickbacks.  According to the indictment, the
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30 Charged in $86 Million Health Care Fraud Takedown

September 27, 2019March 31, 2023palmbeachfederaldefense

A total of 30 defendants have been charged with offenses relating to their alleged participation in various schemes to defraud Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance. Those charged include physicians as well as other medical and business professionals. The charges announced involve schemes
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Sentencing in $1 Billion Medicare Fraud Case

September 16, 2019March 31, 2023palmbeachfederaldefense

A wealthy Miami Beach health care executive, who owned and operated a network of more than 30 nursing homes and assisted living facilities in South Florida, was sentenced last week to 20 years in prison for orchestrating what prosecutors described a massive
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Relying on Attorney’s Advice is no Defense for Patient Brokering

August 8, 2019March 31, 2023palmbeachfederaldefense

The 4th District Court of Appeal ruled on Wednesday August 7, 2019 that defendants won’t be able to beat criminal charges of patient brokering related to the opioid epidemic in Palm Beach County by claiming they got bad advice from their attorneys.
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Miami Man, Woman Plead Guilty to $8.6M Medicare Fraud Scheme

December 6, 2018March 31, 2023palmbeachfederaldefense

Alexander Ros Lazo, 54, of Homestead, an owner and operator of T.L.C. Health Services Inc., a home health agency, pleaded guilty this week to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud before U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez of the
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