Whistleblower News: Arkansas Man Charged In $100M COVID-19 Health Care Fraud Scheme, Fraud & Kickback Violations Involving UAW Health Care Fund, Podiatrist Charged For Alleged Health Care Fraud

Arkansas Man Charged in $100 Million COVID-19 Health Care Fraud Scheme

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A federal grand jury in the Western District of Arkansas returned an indictment yesterday charging an Arkansas man who owned or managed numerous diagnostic testing laboratories with health care fraud in connection with over $100 million dollars in false billings for urine drug testing, COVID-19 testing, and other clinical laboratory services. read more »

Grand Blanc Man Sentenced to 48 Months In Prison After Pleading Guilty to Fraud, Kickback Violations Involving UAW Health Care Fund

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A Grand Blanc, Michigan man was sentenced to 48 months in prison after having pleaded guilty to supervising a complex fraud and kickback scheme involving UAW members and medically unnecessary compounded pain creams, scar creams, pain patches and/or vitamins, announced Acting United States Attorney Saima Mohsin. read more »

Mississippi Podiatrist Charged for Alleged Foot Bath Scheme

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A federal grand jury in Oxford, Mississippi, returned an indictment on Oct. 27 that was unsealed today, charging a Mississippi podiatrist with a scheme to defraud health care benefit programs, including Medicare, by prescribing and dispensing medically unnecessary medications and ordering medically unnecessary testing, including in exchange for kickbacks and bribes. read more »