Fraud Prevention & Detection / Enforcement Actions / Criminal and Civil Enforcement Actions

August 2008

Convicted Medicare Fraud Defendant Pleads Guilty to Laundering More Than $3 Million in Fraudulent Proceeds
(August 29, 2008, U.S. Department of Justice)

DME Defendants Sentenced in Multi-Million Dollar Medicare Fraud Scheme
(August 28, 2008, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of FL)

Miami Physician and HIV Clinic Administrator Plead Guilty for Their Roles in a $37 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme
(August 26, 2008, U.S. Department of Justice)

Four Plead Guilty in Tangipahoa Parish Childcare Program Fraud Probe
(August 20, 2008, U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana)

More Guilty Pleas Entered By Louisville Men For Health Care Fraud
(August 20, 2008, U.S. Attorney, Western District of Kentucky)

Indianapolis Woman Charged in $1.8 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme (PDF)
(August 18, 2008 U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Indiana)

Amerigroup Settles Federal & State Medicaid Fraud Claims for $225 Million
(August 14, 2008, U.S. Department of Justice)

Two Men Arrested in Scheme that Recruited Homeless from 'Skid Row' and Fraudulently Billed Government Health Programs for Unnecessary Services
(August 6, 2008, U.S. Attorney, Central District of CA)

Medical Supply Executive Imprisoned for Defrauding Medicare (PDF)
(August 4, 2008, U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Georgia)