The FBI’s website provides a wealth of valuable information to help you stay apprised of recent cases across the country involving alleged identity theft, healthcare fraud, and other types of fraudulent activity.
Read on to learn about March 2018 fraud investigations appearing on the FBI’s website, the United States Department of Justice website, and other online resources.
Identity Theft & Computer Fraud
Read Article: Ex-Employee Sentenced for Stealing Personal Information from the Cloud
March 2, 2018
Memphis, TN – A Collierville resident has been sentenced to federal prison for computer fraud and aggravated identity theft. U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant for the Western District of Tennessee announced the sentence.
According to information presented in court, in mid-February 2017, Jeffrey R. Luke’s, 42, employment as a behavioral analyst at Transformations Autism Treatment Center (TACT) in Bartlett, Tennessee, was terminated, as was Luke’s authority to access TACT’s patient records. The records were kept in a password-protected secure Google Drive account. When Luke was dismissed, passwords were changed in order to protect the data. Read More
Identity Theft
Read Article: Mississippi County Sheriff Indicted on Charges of Identity Theft
March 20, 2018
Cape Girardeau, MO – Cory Hutcheson, 34, of East Prairie, MO, appeared in United States District Court in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, following his indictment on eleven felony counts of Identity Theft in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1028(a)(7). The indictment charges Hutcheson with illegally possessing and transferring the means of identification of others, in this case mobile telephone numbers, without lawful authority, and in connection with the commission of the state felony crime of Forgery. Read More
Health Care Fraud
Read Article: Margate, New Jersey, Firefighter Admits $7 Million Health Care Fraud Conspiracy Targeting State Health Benefits Programs
March 1, 2018
CAMDEN, N.J. – A Northfield, New Jersey, man admitted defrauding New Jersey state health benefits programs and other insurers out of millions of dollars by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito and New Jersey Attorney Gurbir S. Grewal announced. Read More
Health Care Fraud
Read Article: Metropolitan Transportation Authority Employee Admits $5 Million Compounded Medication Prescription Scheme
March 2, 2018
NEWARK, N.J. – A Staten Island, New York, man admitted his role in a scheme to use phony prescriptions for medically unnecessary compounded medications to defraud the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)’s health insurance plan and other insurers out of $5 million, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Read More
Health Care Fraud
Read Article: Abiomed, Inc. Agrees to Pay $3.1 Million to Resolve Kickback Allegations
March 8, 2018
BOSTON – Danvers-based Abiomed, Inc. has agreed to pay $3.1 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by purchasing lavish meals for physicians in order to induce them to use Abiomed’s Impella line of heart pumps.
The United States contends that Abiomed sought to induce physicians to use its pumps, which cost more than $20,000 each, by buying meals for them at some of the country’s most expensive restaurants, including Menton in Boston, Nobu in Los Angeles, Spago in Beverly Hills, and Eleven Madison Park in New York City. Read More
Identity Theft & Health Care Fraud
Read Article: Los Angeles Dentist Charged in Health Care Fraud Scheme
March 13, 2018
A Los Angeles, California-based dentist was charged in an indictment unsealed for his alleged participation in a health care fraud and identity theft scheme.
Benjamin Rosenberg, D.D.S., 58, of Los Angeles, was charged with six counts of health care fraud and two counts of aggravated identity theft. Rosenberg was arrested and made his initial court appearance in March before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jean Rosenbluth of the Central District of California. Read More
Health Care Fraud
Read Article: Three Miami-Area Home Health Agency Owners Charged For Role In Health Care Fraud Scheme
March 15, 2018
Three Miami, Florida-area home health agency owners were charged in an indictment unsealed on March 13, 2018 for their alleged participation in a health care fraud scheme involving a now-defunct home health agency in Miami. Read More
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