Tag Archives: government
- Arkansas DEA Extortion Scam Alert!
The Eastern District of Arkansas put out a scam alert this week to inform residents that impersonators are contacting citizens in the Little Rock district posing as DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) agents and extorting them. Anyone that receives a telephone call from a person claiming that they are a DEA special agent or other law [...]
- FTC Charges Settled By CVS After Deceptive Prescription Pricing For Seniors And Disabled Consumers
Stories like this scare me. Especially when I have family that utilizes these pharmacies and participates in the Medicare program. If you’re using Part D prescription drugs from CVS, read on…. It was announced late last week that the CVS Caremark Corporation has settled with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for deceptive pricing charges that [...]
- Woman Sentenced For Stealing Identities Of Student Loan Borrowers
Janika Fernae Bates, a resident of Alabama, was sentenced today in the Middle District of Alabama to 94 months in federal prison for stealing identities of student loan borrowers and providing them to a co-conspirator, who used them to file false tax returns, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. On Sept. 23, [...]
- Defendants Arrested In Conjunction With $700,000 Health Care Fraud
Earlier this month three people, Ovsanna Agopian (aka Joanna Ovsanna / Joanna Smbatyan / Ovsanna Agopian), Boghos Babadjanian and Tolulope Labeodan, were charged in a federal indictment with various offenses related to their involvement in the operation of Euless Healthcare Corporation. The 10-count indictment charges each defendant with one count of conspiracy to commit health [...]
- Patient Recruiter Pleads Guilty To Role In Miami-Area $25 Million Home Health Medicare Fraud
Another defendant in the Miami $25 million home health Medicare fraud scheme pled guilty for her participation in the scheme as a patient recruiter. Beatriz Torres-Cruz pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and one count of solicitation of health care kickbacks. Torres-Cruz was charged in a February 2011 indictment. [...]
- Until Fraud Do Us Part : Married Fraudsters Face Jail Time For Health Care Kickbacks
Married floridian fraudsters, Robert and Nikki Jenkins have each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to solicit and receive health care kick backs after funneling patients through, American Therapeutic Corporation (ATC), a fraudulent mental health company. Then Jenkins’ managed and operated Life 4 Life Inc., which operated multiple halfway houses in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. [...]
- 135 Month Sentence For $45 Million Medicare Fraud
Houston, Texas doctor, Christina Joy Clardy, was sentenced to just over 11 years (135 months) in federal prison for a monumental health care fraud conspiracy the resulted in Medicare and Texas Medicaid programs to be billed $45,039,230 over a 30 month period. Clardy is the third defendant to be sentenced in this matter. Last week [...]
- Is It Prescription Harvesting Season Again? Sixteen Arrested In Conjunction With Operation “Psyched Out”
I love the names investigators attach to investigations. For example, last week 16 arrests in conduction with Operation “Psyched Out” were made. Operation “Psyched Out”! Love the name, not the act. Apparently sixteen people affiliated with the Manor Medical Imaging Clinic and pharmacies in and around the San Gabriel Valley in California participated in “prescription [...]
- Food Stamp Fraud Results In 5 Years Of Prison
Talib Kadhim of Connecticut, has been sentenced to 15 months of prison and three years of supervised release for one count of food stamp fraud for defrauding the Food Stamp Program out of $94,049.59. Apparently, from January of 2008 until March of 2009, Kadhim fraudulently redeemed food stamps for cash and other ineligible items at [...]
- Whistle Blower Is Rewarded For Uncovering Medicare Fraud
Dr. Steven Stern and his Kentuckiana Center for Better Bone and Joint Health (KCB) practice have agreed to pay $349,860 to settle an overfilling of Medicare allegation. Suzette Sewell-Scheuremann, a former employee of the Kentuckiana Center for Better Bone and Joint Health, alleged that Stern and his practice billed Medicare for infusing Infliximab which is [...]
- Microsoft Scammers Selling Fake Computer Virus Protection
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and Canadian Anti Fraud Center say the virus scam is growing to epidemic proportions. Since March of 2010 the RCMP have noticed that a majority of scam reports involve the Virus Scam. Canadians are getting phone calls from people claiming to be with Microsoft or another reputable software company asking [...]
- Is The Government’s Financial Bailout Going To Help You Get Out Of … – WebWire
Blaine, Washington – Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock or stranded on a deserted island for the last month, you’ve no doubt been hearing all the talk about the big financial bailout that the US Government is giving to the banking system and …
- Credit Counseling Seen as Little Help in Bankruptcies
Counseling seen as little help in bankruptcies Columbus Dispatch, OH - 4 hours ago Transferring credit-card debt to a card with a zero percent interest rate offer, for example, is nearly impossible for someone with delinquent payments. …
- Government Mortgage Assistance, Resources to Avoid Foreclosure, Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan
At this time the Obama administration is preparing to revel their new approach to help homeowners avoid the loss of their homes in foreclosure. I’ll use this post to provide new information as it is made available. Here is what I know right now. The Obama plan calls for: Helping borrowers who owe more than [...]