Compliance Today (August 2020) - The Department of Justice’s Criminal Fraud division indicted six Texas-based owners and marketers for a scheme to defraud TRICARE and the U.S. Department of Labor, resulting in more than $14...more
What appears to be the United States’ first conviction under the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (“EKRA”) occurred last month when the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky accepted the...more
Nissan and its Former CEO Settle Charges for Fraudulently Concealing More than $140 Million in Compensation and Retirement Benefits - This week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a settlement with...more
Introduction - Last month, a jury found seven defendants guilty in a federal bribery case that has caught the attention of the health care law world due to its novel approach to prosecuting fraud and abuse. ...more
• A recent federal jury verdict in Dallas affirms the U.S. Department of Justice's determination to extend federal prosecutions to healthcare arrangements involving commercial payers by utilizing the federal Travel Act, which...more
The Justice Department’s commitment – resources and public statements – has continued at a steady pace in the Trump Administration. Some might diminish the effort by recognizing that fraud is so pervasive that it is like...more
When you look outside the FCPA arena and examine DOJ criminal prosecutions in healthcare, antitrust, tax, fraud, and other white-collar areas, there is no shortage of cases against individual violators. I am perplexed, to say...more
The United States Attorney’s Office (USAO) for the Middle District of Florida (USAO-MDFL) prosecuted several civil health care fraud matters in 2016 and issued related press releases. A review of the USAO-MDFL’s criminal and...more
On February 10, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit upheld the conviction of Dr. Kamal Patel for violation of the anti-kickback law, reinforcing a broad definition of “referring” under the statute (U.S. v....more