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In a case of first impression in the federal Courts of Appeals, the Second Circuit held that district courts may not consider a defendant’s potential eligibility for a sentence reduction under the First Step Act or programs...more
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
In last year’s edition of EnforceMintz, we predicted that 2024 would bring an increase in False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement activity related to COVID-19 pandemic fraud. Those predictions proved correct. The COVID-19 Fraud...more
Home Health Care Owner Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Medicare Fraud Scheme - This week, the owner of a home health company was sentenced to nine years in prison for orchestrating a nearly $2.8 million scheme...more
Engineering Company Agrees to Pay $4.4 Million to Settle FCA - On Friday, September 15, 2023, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a settlement agreement with Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation, a...more
The healthcare industry is one of the most heavily regulated industries in the United States. Healthcare companies and practitioners devote significant resources to complying with the complex and often changing legal and...more
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
The U.S. Supreme Court recently struck another blow against overcriminalization of federal criminal statutes, i.e., the application of criminal provisions in specific laws in ways that Congress never intended. The court’s...more
The aggravated identity theft statute, 18 U.S.C. §1028A, imposes a mandatory two-year sentencing enhancement upon a defendant who “uses” without lawful authority another’s means of identification “during and in relation to”...more
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
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
On June 8, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Dubin v. United States, No. 22-10, holding § 1028A(a)(1), aggravated identity theft, is violated when the defendant’s misuse of another person’s means of identification is at...more
To celebrate the opening of Rivkin Radler’s first Florida office, we’ll cover some recent Florida frauds. The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on April 20 that two Miami residents, Dean Zusmer and Lawrence...more
The following is a summary of the federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) reports of fraud and abuse enforcement activity across the country.[1] The enforcement actions reported are...more
A group of New Jersey home health care companies (collectively, the BAYADA Companies), have agreed to pay $17 million to resolve claims that they violated the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute. Home Health Agency...more
A Florida owner of telemedicine companies is charged with orchestrating a health care fraud and illegal kickback scheme that involved the submission of over $784 million in false Medicare claims. DOJ Charges Telemedicine...more
This is the seventh in our First 100 Days series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations in the early days of the Biden administration. Our previous entry was on FCA enforcement. Up next, healthcare...more
Judge Rules Against Seizure of $330 Million Allegedly Connected to 1MDB Fraud Scheme - On March 9, California District Court Judge Dale S. Fischer ruled that the government could not seize about $330 million in assets...more
New York Pharmacy Owners Charged in $30 Million COVID-19 Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Case - On December 21, 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that two owners of over a dozen New York-area...more
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
The Internal Revenue Manual defines fraud as a “deception by misrepresentation of material facts or silence when good faith requires expression, which results in material damage to one who relies on it and has the right to...more
Since the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) alerted the industry about genetic testing scams two months ago, the public, multiple government agencies, and Congress...more
A series of criminal and civil enforcement actions announced in recent weeks demonstrate the continued attention that state regulators throughout the Northeast are placing on health care fraud. ...more