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Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

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

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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

Zuckerman Spaeder LLP

In a win for defendants, the Supreme Court limits the aggravated identity theft statute and resulting prosecutorial...

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Federal prosecutors will now be cabined in their ability to use aggravated identity theft charges to pressure defendants to plead guilty to other offenses in exchange for avoiding the two-year mandatory minimum, mandatory...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Supreme Court Unanimously Reins in the Government’s Use of the Aggravated Identify Theft Statute

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In an extremely consequential decision issued last week, the United States Supreme Court reined in what the Court termed the government’s “boundless interpretation” of the aggravated identity theft statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1028A....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Is this “Good-Bye” to the Two Year Mandatory Minimum in Healthcare Fraud Cases?

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On June 8, 2023, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision holding that the aggravated identity theft statute –and its mandatory minimum of two years – is not triggered merely because someone else’s identification...more

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Fifth Circuit Addresses Scope of “Use” Under Federal Identity Theft Statute

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You may have forgotten that there is a federal criminal identity theft statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1028A, which says: Whoever, during and in relation to any felony violation enumerated in subsection (c), knowingly transfers,...more

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