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Maryland Man Facing Federal Indictment for Role in COVID-19 Healthcare Fraud Scheme Totaling More Than $100M

Greenbelt, Maryland – A federal grand jury indicted a Maryland man, today, in connection with a COVID-19 healthcare fraud scam. Marc Aaron Potash, 57, of Rockville, is charged with conspiracy to ...
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Former Massachusetts State Official Charged with Snap Fraud

BOSTON – Former Massachusetts state official, Lamar Cook, has been arrested for fraudulently obtaining Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, receiving over $500 per month, while ...
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Baltimore Man Sentenced to 40 Years in Connection With Murder-for-Hire Plot

Baltimore, Maryland – A Baltimore man received a federal-prison term, today, for plotting the murder of woman, in a case of mistaken identity where the intended target was a federal witness. The May ...
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Owner of Health Care Software Company Sentenced to 19 Years in Prison for $1B Medicare Fraud

A Kansas CEO and owner of an internet platform was sentenced yesterday to 19 years in prison for his role in operating a platform that generated false doctors’ orders and prescriptions to defraud ...
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Rocky Mountain Laboratory Employee Vetting

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) operates laboratories that conduct intramural research, including research with high-risk pathogens, such as smallpox. Recognizing the potential public health ...
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National Fraud Enforcement Division and the Department of Health and Human Services Announce Self-Disclosure Protocol for Criminal Health Care Fraud

The Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division (Fraud Division) and the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) today issued a policy that clarifies ...
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Medical Supply Company Owner Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for $30M Medicare, TRICARE, and CHAMPVA Fraud

An Oklahoma business owner and chiropractor was sentenced yesterday to 14 years in prison for his role in a years-long scheme that attempted to bilk Medicare, TRICARE, and the Civilian Health and ...
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Shelbyville Man Pleads Guilty to Receipt of Child Sexual Abuse Material and Other Charges

Frankfort, Ky. – A Shelbyville man, Natividad Aguilera Garcia, 40, pleaded guilty on Friday, October 9, 2026, before Chief U.S. District Judge David L. Bunning to receipt of child sexual abuse ...
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Minnesota Woman Convicted in $3.6M Scheme to Defraud Medicaid Housing Services Program

A federal jury in St. Paul convicted a Minnesota woman yesterday for executing a scheme to steal $3.6 million from the now-defunct Minnesota Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services (HSS) Program.
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Heal 360 Clinics and Owner Agree to Pay $20M to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations of Billing False Claims to the COVID-19 Uninsured Program for Services Not Rendered

Heal 360 Urgent Care PLLC, Heal 360 Primary Care PLLC (together “Heal 360”) and their owner, Dr. Mohammed Amer Mohiuddin (Mohiuddin), have agreed to pay the United States $20 million to resolve False ...
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Florida Laboratory Vice President and Marketer Convicted of Medicare Fraud for COVID-19 Testing Scheme

Yesterday, a federal jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted a Florida man who was the Vice President of a testing laboratory and owned and operated a separate marketing company for his ...
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Connecticut U.S. Attorney’s Office Announces More Than $9.2 Million in Settlements Connected to PPP Fraud Enforcement Initiative

David X. Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that the Affirmative Civil Enforcement (ACE) Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of ...