Department of JusticeSouthern District of Florida FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, May 20, 2022 Miami, Florida – A federal district judge in Miami has sentenced each of three South Florida residents to 220 months in prison after a jury found them guilty of orchestrating an elaborate fraud scheme that cheated U.S. manufacturers of infant formula, eye-care products, and…
Owner of Drug Testing Lab Sentenced in Medicare Kickback Scheme
Department of JusticeWestern District of Virginia FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, May 19, 2022 ABINGDON, Va. – A Las Vegas, Nevada-based laboratory owner, who paid another lab owner to direct urine samples to his lab for testing and then billed the federal government for that testing, was sentenced last week to four months of house arrest and ordered…
Former South Florida Pharmacy Technician Pleads Guilty to $40 Million Kickback Conspiracy Targeting Military Health Care Programs
Department of JusticeSouthern District of Florida FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, May 18, 2022 Miami, Florida – A former Palm Beach County pharmacy technician and high-level executive assistant has pleaded guilty to her role in a multi-million-dollar kickback conspiracy that defrauded Tricare and CHAMPVA through a South Florida compounding pharmacy. Tricare and CHAMPVA are the health care benefit…
Owner of Consumer Products Testing Company Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Fraud Scheme Involving Fabricated Test Results
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of New York FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, May 18, 2022 Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Catherine Hermsen, Assistant Commissioner, United States Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations (“FDA-OIC”), Michael J. Driscoll, Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the…
Justice Department Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Medical Device Manufacturer and Its Owner for Training Providers to Improperly Reuse Disposable Items
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Michigan FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, May 17, 2022 GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – The United States has filed a lawsuit against The Prometheus Group (Prometheus), a New Hampshire manufacturer of pelvic muscle therapeutic systems and related rectal probes, and Richard Poore, its president and sole owner. The complaint, filed in the…
New York Doctor Admits Buying and Selling Oncology Medication for Profit
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of New Jersey FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, May 16, 2022 NEWARK, N.J. – A New York doctor today admitted using his medical license – and allowing others to use his medical license – to purchase prescription oncology medications under false pretenses for the purpose of selling them for profit, U.S. Attorney Philip…
New York Racehorse Veterinarian and Standardbred Trainer Plead Guilty in Federal Doping Case
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of New York FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, May 11, 2022 Veterinarian Louis Grasso and Racehorse Trainer Richard Banca Used Their Positions to Acquire, Distribute and Administer Prohibited Performance Enhancing Drugs Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that defendants LOUIS GRASSO and RICHARD…
Berkley Nurse Pleads Guilty to Tampering with Patients’ Fentanyl
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeDistrict of Massachusetts FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, May 9, 2022 BOSTON – A Berkley nurse pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to tampering with fentanyl intended for patients at a hospital’s post-surgery recovery unit and an outpatient vascular surgery center. Hugo Vieira, 41, pleaded guilty to one count of tampering…
South Hills Pharmacist Sentenced to Prison for Prescription Drug Fraud Scheme
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeWestern District of Pennsylvania FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEThursday, May 5, 2022 PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Venetia, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to one year in prison, two years of supervised release, a fine of $10,000, and ordered to pay $649,524 in restitution on his conviction of obtaining controlled…
Texas Pharmacist Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud Conspiracy
Department of JusticeU.S. Attorney’s OfficeSouthern District of Mississippi FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFriday, April 29, 2022 Gulfport, Miss. – A Liberty, Texas woman pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Darren J. LaMarca, Special Agent in Charge Jermicha Fomby with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Special Agent in Charge…