Enforcement Actions for 2009

January 29, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Illinois

Former Chicago Area Man Convicted of Failing to Pay More Than $65,000 in Child Support Ordered in Dupage County (PDF)

January 28, 2009, Department of Justice

Owner of Pharmaceutical Wholesale Company Pleads Guilty to Medicare Fraud

January 26, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Connecticut

New Haven Medical Clinic Pays $284,398 to Settle Allegations Under The False Claims Act

January 23, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Iowa

Ex-Des Moines City Councilman Joseph Archibald Brooks, Jr., Sentenced One Year and a Day in prison for Conspiracy and Misapplication of Funds Charges in CIETC Fraud Case

January 15, 2009, Department of Justice

Eli Lilly and Company Agrees to Pay $1.415 Billion to Resolve Allegations of Off-Label Promotion of Zyprexa

January 15, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Minnesota

Former State Employee Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud (PDF)

January 13, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida

Organizer Receives 10 Year Sentence in Medicare Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme

January 9, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Maryland

Internet Pharmacy Owners Sentenced to Five Years in Prison and Ordered to Pay Over $11 Million For Illegal Internet Sales of 10 Million Hydrocodone Pills

January 8, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida

Medical Clinic Owner Pleads Guilty to Role in $5.3 million Medicare Fraud Scheme

January 5, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Indiana

Anderson Man Charged with Defrauding the Indiana Medicaid Program of over $900,000. (PDF)

February 2009

February 26, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Central District of California

Doctor Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud For Giving Aids and HIV Patients Diluted Medications

February 26, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Minnesota

Zimmerman Woman Sentenced For Health Care Fraud (pdf)

February 25, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida

Miami Lakes Man Sentenced to 140 Months In Medical Equipment and Money Laundering Scam

February 25, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Alabama

Sloan Sentenced For Health Care Fraud

February 20, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Western District of Kentucky

Woman Pleads Guilty in Kickback Scheme

February 19, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Texas

Medical Equipment Supplier Sentenced For Health Care Fraud

February 13, 2009, Department of Justice

Three Miami Physicians and Three Medical Workers Charged with $10 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

February 9, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Massachusetts

Neurometrix Agrees to Deferred Prosecution for Illegal Kickbacks Paid to Physicians

February 9, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Western District of Kentucky

Woman Pleads Guilty to $67,000 In False Billings to Medicare

February 4, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Alabama

Bill King Sentenced for Medicare Fraud

February 4, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida

Health Care Fraud Defendant Arrested Entering the U.S. From Cuba

March 2009

March 26, 2009, Department of Justice

Houston's Methodist Hospital to Pay U.S. More Than $9 Million to Resolve Allegations of Overcharging Medicare

March 24, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of California

Failure to Pay Child Support Results in 18 Months in Prison and $80,000 Restitution

March 23, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Florida

Two Doctors and Two Medical Assistants Plead Guilty in $10 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

March 17, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Arizona

United States Reaches $355,000 Settlement With Three Tucson Cardiologists

March 13, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Florida

Health Care Fraud Fugitive Captured Coming Into United States From Cuba

March 13, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Maryland

Teacher Convicted in Scheme to Fraudulently Receive Social Security, Medicaid and Housing Benefits

March 10, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of West Virginia

Cabell Hospital Settles with Government for Improper Billing to Medicaid

March 6, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of New York

Victory Memorial Hospital Agrees to Settle Claims That it Defrauded the Medicare Program

March 3, 2009, Department of Justice

Kansas Cardiologist to Pay U.S. $1.3 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

April 2009

April 30, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Connecticut

Former Haven Health Care Bookkeeper Arrested on Fraud and Obstruction Charges

April 28, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Western District of Kentucky

Paducah Woman Indicted for Healthcare Fraud; Former VP of HealthEssentials Solutions, Inc. Charged with Submitting False and Fraudulent billings to Medicare in a Scheme to Defraud

April 27, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Maryland

Chesapeake Youth Center, Inc. Agrees to Pay $259,120 to Settle Allegations That it Provided No Care or Worthless Care to Residents

April 24, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Texas

Houston Woman Sentenced in Wheelchair Fraud Case

April 22, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. Attorney Announces First Settlement Involving Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities

April 21, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Massachusetts

Lahey Clinic Hospital Pays $843,896 to Resolve Improper Billing Allegations

April 16, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of South Dakota

Man Sentenced in Prescription Fraud

April 7, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida

Three South Florida Men Indicted in Multi-Million Dollar Medicare Fraud Scheme

April 6, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Middle District of Florida

Tampa Doctor and Three Others Charged with Illegally Distributing and Dispensing Prescription Pain Pills

April 6, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Western District of Kentucky

Bowling Green Pharmacist Sentenced on Health Care Fraud and Drug Sample Charges

April 3, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida

Three Charged in Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme

May 2009

May 28, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida

Miami Pharmacy Owner Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering

May 26, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Connecticut

New Britain Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Failing to Pay More Than $68,000 in Child Support

May 21, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida

Eleven Defendants Charges With Racketeering Conspiracy Related to Bonanno Organized Crime Family

May 20, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Arkansas

Department of Justice to Intervene in Whistleblower Case

May 19, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of South Dakota

Dallas, SD Woman Pleads to Embezzling

May 19, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Missouri

Desoto Doctor, His Wife and Three Companies are Sentenced

May 15, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Maryland

Ringleader of Illegal OxyContin Scheme Sentenced to Prison

May 6, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Connecticut

New Haven Counselor Who Defrauded Health Care Programs is Sentenced

May 5, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Middle District of Florida

Charges Filed Against WellCare Health Plans, Inc.; WellCare Enters Into Deferred Prosecution Agreement Agrees to Pay $80 Million in Restitution and Forfeiture

May 5, 2009, U.S. Northern District of Georgia

Conspirator in $12 Million Medicare Fraud Ring Sentenced to Prison

June 2009

June 30, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Illinois

Former CEO of Rock Creek Psychiatric Facility and Affiliated Physician Convicted in $565,000 Bribery and Kickback Conspiracy (pdf)

June 30, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Maryland

Pharmacist and Baltimore County Pharmacy Indicted for Illegal Oxycodone Distribution

June 30, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Maryland

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center Settles False Claims Act Case

June 29, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida

Miami Physician Sentenced to 97 Months in Prison for Role in $10 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

June 24, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Texas

Husband and Wife Doctors Charged with Operating a Pill Mill

June 22, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Georgia

Miami Woman Pleads Guilty to $6.5 Million Medicare Fraud Conspiracy (pdf)

June 11, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Tennessee

Settlement Reached with TennCare Provider for Drug Overbilling

June 5, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida

Four Miami-Area Residents Sentenced in $10 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

July 2009

July 31, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida

Three Miami Residents Plead Guilty in Medicare Infusion Fraud

July 17, 2009, U.S. Department of Justice

Los Angeles Jury Convicts Equipment Suppliers of Medical Fraud

July 17, 2009, U.S. Department of Justice

Tampa Bay Doctor Agrees to Pay United States $1.7 Million to Resolve Medicare Fraud Allegations

July 14, 2009, U.S. Department of Justice

Endoscopic Technologies to Pay U.S. $1.4 Million to Resolve Allegations of Medicare Fraud

July 10, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Connecticut

Pharmacist Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud, Agrees to Pay $344,085 to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

July 9, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Central District of California

42 Defendants Indicted in $4.6 Million Medi-Cal Fraud Case

July 09, 2009, DOJ/U.S. Marshals

Operation FALCON 2009 Nets More than $35,000 Fugitives

July 6, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Western District of Kentucky

Three Sentenced in Kickback Scheme (Link unavailable)

July 2, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of South Dakota

Jury Finds New York Man Guilty of Failure to Pay Child Support

July 1, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Western District of Louisiana

LSU-Shreveport Medical School to Pay $700,000 to Settle Federal Fraud Suit Involving Never-Performed Services by Orthopedic Teaching Physicians

July 1, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Connecticut

Yale-New Haven Hospital Enters Into Federal Civil Settlement Agreement

July 1, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of California

North Hollywood Physician Assistant Guilty of Stealing Doctor's Identity in $7.7 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

August 2009

August 24, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Connecticut

Former Haven Healthcare Administrator Pleads Guilty to Obstruction Charges

August 21, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida

Former Owner of Atenas Medical Equipment, Inc. Arrested on Health Care Fraud Charges

August 20, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida

Former President of DME Company Sentenced For Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme

August 19, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. Attorney Announces Settlement With Nursing Facilities Over Allegations of Substandard Care

August 19, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Texas

Massachusetts Man Indicted for Health Care Fraud in East Texas

August 17, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida

Durable Medical Equipment Company Owner Convicted in Medicare Fraud Scheme

August 17, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Texas

Grand Jury Charges Two Houston Area Doctors with 35 More Counts of Illegally Distribute Narcotics, Medicare/Medicaid Fraud and Money Laundering

August 17, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Texas

Woman Convicted in Fake Flu Vaccine Case Sentenced to Prison for Violating Probation

August 14, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida

Miami Man Pleads Guilty to $123 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme

August 13, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Middle District of Tennessee

Nashville Woman Indicted by Federal Grand Jury in $1.1 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

September 2009

September 30, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey

UMDNJ To Pay More Than $8 Million to Settle Kickback Case Related to Cardiology Program (pdf)

September 17, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of New Jersey

Three More Cardiologists Settle with Government Over Kickback Allegations Related to UMDNJ Cardiology Program (pdf)

September 2, 2009, Department of Justice

Justice Department Announces Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement in Its History

September 2, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Nevada

Las Vegas Pain Management Center Agrees to pay U.S. Department of Justice $167,000 to Resolve Medicare Fraud Allegations

October 2009

October 26, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Connecticut

Bethany Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Involvement in OxyContin Distribution Conspiracy

October 21, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Central District of California

L.A. Medicare Fraud Strike Force Charges 20 in Health Care Fraud Cases Involving Durable Medical Equipment

October 20, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Minnesota

Former State Employee Sentenced for Health Care Fraud

October 8, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Puerto Rico

Two Doctors and Three Other Individuals Charged For Medicare Fraud Link not available (No Internet Site for Puerto Rico)

October 7, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Western District of Kentucky

Final Defendant Sentenced in Health Care Fraud Scheme

November 2009

November 24, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Connecticut

Waterbury Medical Practice Pays Nearly $100,000 to Settle Allegations Under the False Claims Act

November 19, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Western District of Tennessee

Memphian Sentenced for Medicare Fraud

November 18, 2009, U.S. Department of Justice

Occupational Therapist and Patient Recruiter Plead Guilty in Detroit-Based Medicare Fraud Schemes

November 18, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Southern District of Florida

South Florida Medicare Fraud Prosecutors and Agents Receive 2009 Excellence in Public Awareness Award

November 17, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana

Owner of Local Medicaid Agency Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison for Health Care Offense

November 17, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of New York

Podiatrist Agrees to Settle Allegations That He Defrauded the Medicare Program By Submitting Inflated Claims For Payment

November 13, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Indiana

Two Charged In Health Care Fraud Scheme (Release not posted on website)

November 12, 2009, U.S. Department of Justice

Oregon Hospice Pays U.S. $1.83 Million to Settle False Claims Act Liability

November 5, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Western District of Louisiana

Daycare Owner Sentenced for Fraud Charges

November 4, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Minnesota

Owner of Personal Care Provider, Two Assistants Indicted for Stealing $89,000 from Medicaid

November 3, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Connecticut

Former Haven Healthcare Director Plead Guilty to Federal Fraud Charge

November 3, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of South Dakota

Dallas, South Dakota, Woman Sentenced in Burke Embezzlement Case

December 2009

December 29, 2009, Department of Justice

Colorado-based Spectranetics Corporation to Pay $5 Million to Resolve Allegations Relating to Its Medical Devices

December 28, 2009, Department of Justice

Michigan Health Care Provider to Pay United States $669,413 to Settle False Claims Allegations

December 23, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Maryland

Pharmacy Owner Pleads Guilty to Health Care Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft and Conspiracy to Misbrand Drugs

December 22, 2009, Department of Justice

Oklahoma Hospital Group Pays U.S. $13 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

December 15, 2009, Department of Justice

Parent Company of Two New Jersey Hospitals to Pay U.S. $7.95 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations

December 15, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Minnesota

Plymouth Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Medicaid out of $74,000

December 3, 2009, U.S. Attorney, District of Idaho

Two Convicted for Health Care Fraud

December 2, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan

U.S. Attorney Resolve Lawsuit Alleging Overbilling at Long Term Acute Care Hospital

December 1, 2009, U.S. Attorney, Central District of California

Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic Agrees to Pay $3 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations