Earlier this week, the government unsealed an indictment against Leo Joseph Govoni, the co-founder of the nonprofit Center for Special Needs Trust Administration (CSNT), and John Leo Witeck, an accountant for CSNT, charging...more
6/30/2025
/ Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Financial Crimes ,
Fraud ,
Generic Drugs ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Importers ,
Investigations ,
Medicare Part D ,
Money Laundering ,
Penalties ,
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) ,
Special Needs Trust ,
Tariffs ,
Trusts ,
White Collar Crimes
Two Charged in Alleged $227 Million COVID-19 Test Kit Fraud -
Syed Murtuza Kablazada and Mehdi Hussain, the owners and operators of medical laboratories in Illinois, were charged with submitting more than $227 million in...more
6/2/2025
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicare ,
Opioid ,
Physicians ,
White Collar Crimes ,
Wire Fraud
Judge Orders Government to Pay Relators a Cut of FCA Settlement -
On November 4, a federal judge from the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts ordered the government to pay the relators’ share of a...more
11/11/2024
/ Conflicts of Interest ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
IRS ,
Kickbacks ,
Medicaid ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Settlement
Biomedical Company Avoids DOJ Prosecution After First Ever Voluntary Corporate Self-Disclosure of Fraud Under NSD Enforcement Policy -
On May 22, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it will not prosecute a...more
5/28/2024
/ Biomedical Companies ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Enforcement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Medicare ,
National Security ,
Self-Disclosure Requirements ,
Voluntary Disclosure
Former Healthcare Executives Convicted for Health Insurance Policy Fraud Scheme -
Steven Dorfman, the former chief executive officer and owner of the Florida-based healthcare company Simple Health, and John Sand, a former...more
2/19/2024
/ Anti-Kickback Statute ,
CARES Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
False Billing ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fraud ,
Healthcare Fraud ,
Insurance Fraud ,
Mail Fraud ,
Medical Equipment ,
Medicare ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Scams ,
Sentencing ,
TRICARE ,
Wire Fraud
Two Individuals Indicted for Operating $25 Million Crypto-Fraud -
On December 11, a federal court in California unsealed a superseding indictment, which charged two men with operating a $25 million cryptocurrency fraud...more
12/18/2023
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Fraud ,
Indictments ,
Medicaid ,
Medicare ,
Money Laundering ,
Securities Fraud ,
Wire Fraud