Criminal Prosecution, Physicians, Money Laundering

DOJ Announces Largest Health Care Fraud Takedown in U.S. History

Tucker Arensberg, P.C. on 7/1/2025

In the largest health care fraud takedown in U.S. history, the Justice Department announced charges against 324 individuals—including 96 licensed medical professionals—in connection with schemes involving over $14.6 billion...more

Investigations Newsletter: Seventh Circuit Reverses AKS Conviction Involving Allegations of Illegal Marketing and Advertising

ArentFox Schiff on 4/21/2025

Seventh Circuit Reverses AKS Conviction Involving Allegations of Illegal Marketing and Advertising - On April 14, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit reversed the criminal conviction of Mark Sorensen after a...more

Fake Histories, Calls by Staff Impersonating Subjects: A Look Inside Two Trial Fraud Cases

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 1/28/2022

Report on Research Compliance 19, no. 2 (January 27, 2022) - The trial was to be like any other that the clinical research organization (CRO) would oversee. The six-month study, known as VESTRI, would involve pediatric...more

Investigations Newsletter: Michigan Physician Charged in Alleged Role in Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Conspiracy

ArentFox Schiff on 3/2/2020

Michigan Physician Charged in Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Conspiracy - On February 26, 2020, the Department of Justice announced charges against a Michigan physician for his alleged role in an over $120 million...more

Hospitals, Doctors (and Others) Beware: DOJ May Apply Travel Act to Healthcare Prosecutions - Arrangements Viewed Under the...

Holland & Knight LLP on 4/26/2019

• 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

Silver Conviction Vacated Due To Jury Instructions

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 7/14/2017

Yesterday the Second Circuit (Cabranes, Wesley, Sessions, D.J.) released an opinion vacating the conviction of Sheldon Silver and remanding the case to the district court for further proceedings including a retrial. The...more

Criminal Prosecutions of Individuals Outside the FCPA

The Volkov Law Group on 7/6/2017

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

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