WASHINGTON – Jacqueline Wheeler, 54, the chief executive officer and owner of two health care companies, was convicted today by a federal jury in the District of Columbia of one count of health care fraud and 34 counts of false statements for submitting more than $7 million in fraudulent claims to the D.C. Medicaid program. Read More »
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Lana Le Chabrier, 64, of Santa Barbara, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Morrison C. England Jr. to six and a half years in prison for conspiring to commit health care fraud. She was found guilty by a jury on July 8, 2011. In sentencing Le Chabrier, Judge England found Read More »
David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that GEORGE U. DeCARVALHO, 55, of Stamford, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty on Friday, June 29, before United States District Judge Stefan R. Underhill in Bridgeport to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. This matter stems Read More »
BEAUMONT, Texas – A 46-year-old Dayton, Texas man has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Bert Carrol Rainey pleaded guilty to an Information charging him with fraud to obtain workers compensation benefits today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Keith Giblin. According to information presented Read More »
Sonja Ascoli of Woonsocket sold medical equipment for Illinois based company that shipped unwanted and unneeded medical supplies to Medicare beneficiaries at government expense PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Sonja Ascoli, 59, of Woonsocket, R.I., pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Providence today to defrauding the federal Medicare program of more than $70,000, announced United States Read More »
US Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that a Hudson, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Obtaining Controlled Substances by Fraud and Health Care Fraud. Tylese Marie Rodriquez, a/k/a Tylese Marie Pearson, age 32, was indicted by a federal grand jury on February 7, 2012, for Obtaining Controlled Substances by Read More »
Ademola O. Gbadegesin was sentenced to six months in prison and ordered to pay $327,755 in restitution after previously pleading guilty to five counts of health care fraud, Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced today. Gbadegesin, 36, of Cleveland, operated an ambulette Read More »
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A jury returned a verdict in favor of forfeiting money and the house of Dr. Mert Kivanc, previously of Fairfax, Va., who has been indicted for healthcare fraud and conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and James W. McJunkin, Assistant Read More »
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A jury returned a verdict in favor of forfeiting money and the house of Dr. Mert Kivanc, previously of Fairfax, Va., who has been indicted for healthcare fraud and conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. Neil H. MacBride, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, and James W. McJunkin, Assistant Read More »
Illinois businessman admitted to shipping unwanted and unneeded medical supplies and “erectile pumps” to Medicare recipients at government expense PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Gary Winner, 50, of Northbrook, Ill., owner of Planned Eldercare, a nationwide supplier of durable medical equipment located in Buffalo Grove, Ill., was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Providence to 37 Read More »
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