| United States of America v. The Villages Health System LLC (TVH) |
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Tampa, Florida insurance defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with violation of the False Claims Act. The Villages Health System LLC knowingly submitted false diagnosis codes to increase their payments from the Medicare Advantage program and increase their profits. From 2020 through 2024, TVH violated the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 2729-3733, by knowingly submitting false $ (08-31-2026 - FL) |
| United States of America v. Stephen Dubin, M.D. |
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Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud in violation of 18 USC 1349 and health care fraud in violation of 18 USC 1347. Reported by Kent Morlan Stephen Dubin, M.D., 74, of Henderson, Nevada, is accused o $ (08-05-2026 - NV) |
| United States of America v. Magnolia Diagnostics, John Baines, and Kelly Bains |
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Dallas, Texas, qui tam lawyers represented the United States of America on a False Claims Act violation theory. Digested by: Kent Morlan Magnolia Diagnostics, a clinical laboratory based in Dallas, Texas, and its owners, John Bains and Kelly Bains, billed Medicare for medically unneces $19200000 (07-24-2026 - TX) |
| United States of America v. Laboratory Corporation of America (Labcorp) |
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Boston, Massachusetts, Department of Justice lawyers represented the United Stare on a False Claims Act claim that the Defendant submitted medically unnecessary claims for urine drug testing (UDT) to Medicare for payment. Labcorp offered clients a testing panel called “Toxassure Comprehensive,” which contained both “Presumptive” and “Definitive” testing methods. Generally, Presumpt $ (07-16-2026 - MA) |
| United States of America v. Sherif Elmasri |
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Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer Ryan Magee represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349 and violation of the anti-kickback statute 18 U.S.C. 371. Reported by: More... $ (07-10-2026 - NJ) |
| United States of America v. Thomas K. Weir |
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Cookeville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. Reported by: Kent Morlan Thomas K. Weir, 65, of Celina, Tennessee, the majority owner of Oakley Pharmacy, $ (07-06-2026 - TN) |
| United States of America v. Kakha Bendeliani and Goga Danelia |
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Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with health care fraud. Kakha Bendeliani, 48, and Goga Danelia, 37, both of the country of Georgia, were charged with conspiring to commit money laundering in connection with a nationwide health care fraud scheme in which nearly $3 billion in fraudulent claims were submitted to Medicare for durable medical equip $ (06-30-2026 - NH) |
| United States of America v. James Shuford Price, III |
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Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with paying illegal kickbacks for referrals to his California-based lab and filing a false federal tax return. Reported by Kent Morlan James Shuford Price, III, 59, owned and operated Golden Star Lab $ (06-26-2026 - NC) |
| United States of America v. Angela Renfro, Briana Gosnell, Dr. Christiana Berkhohn, Einar Serrano Reyes, Meredith Rachael Douglas |
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Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349, health care fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1347, and aggravated identity theft in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1028.
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| United States of America v. Thomas K. Weir |
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Cookesville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and dispense controlled substances. Reported by Kent Morlan Thomas K. Weir, 65, of Celina, Tennessee, the majority owner of Oakley Pharmacy, doing business as Dale Hollow Ph $ (06-25-2026 - TN) |
| United States of America v. Tonya Crowder, et al. |
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Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with: Conspiracy to Unlawfully Distribute and Dispense Controlled Substances Unlawfully Distributing and Dispensing Controlled Substances and Aiding and Abetting Tonya Crowder, 49, Missouri City; Marlene Durham, 55, Humble; and Demetrius Onuaguluchi, 34, Houston; with distribution of a controlled substance and con $ (06-24-2026 - TX) |
| United States of America v. Jeremy Michael Bowles |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with Healthcare Fraud in violation of 18 U.S.c. 1347. Reported by Kent Morlan Jeremy Michael Bowles, 41, of Bixby, Oklahoma, was the operator of 3 pharmacies and submitted the false billings on behalf of those ph $ (06-24-2026 - OK) |
| United States of America v. United States and State of California ex rel. Jason Vellen v. Circle Medical Care of California, Circle Medical Technologies, Inc., Dr. Nicole Tsang, D.O, and George Favvas |
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San Francisco, California, qui tam lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a violation of the False Claims Act. Reported by Kent Morlan Circle Medical Care of California operates an online telehealth platform through which it offers mental health treatment and primary care medical service $ (06-19-2026 - CA) |
| United States of America v. Joan Kicken, et al. |
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Omaha, Nebraska pro se Defendants were accused of violaiton the False Claims Act. Reported by: Kent Morlan The United States alleged that Joan Kicken owned and operated AMC P.C. d/b/a Campbell Drug in Oshkosh, Nebraska, and sought to unjustly enrich herself by submitting fraudulent bil $3400000 (06-19-2026 - NE) |
| United States of America v. Muna Orra |
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Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Medicare fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Muna Orra, age 32, of Westlake, Ohio, was employed by a telemedicine company based in the state of Georgia as an independent contractor physician. The telemedicine co $ (06-16-2026 - OH) |
| United States of America v. Barbara A. Smith |
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Knoxville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Barbara A Smith 75, of Powell, Tennessee, was paid for formularies signed by the clinic’s providers. Woods and Smith then began to alte $ (06-15-2026 - TN) |
| United States of America v. Kenia Marrero and Joan Navarro Bruguet |
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Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants engaged in a conspiracy to obtain and sell Medicare beneficiary identifier numbers (BINs) of thousands of patients for use in Medicare fraud schemes. Reported by: Kent Morlan Kenia Marrero, 46, of Miami, paid Joan Navarro $ (06-12-2026 - FL) |
| Robert P. Oristaglio, Jr. ex rel. United States of America v. Community Care Health Network LLC, doing business as Matrix Medical Network (Matrix), DPN USA, doing business as HealthFair (HealthFair), and Shahriah “James” Ekbatani |
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Beaumont, Texas, civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a qui tam action claiming that the Defendants violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by causing the submission of false or invalid diagnosis codes to the Medicare Advantage program. Reported by Kent Morlan The United` $ (06-05-2026 - TX) |
| United States of America v. Violetta Mailyan |
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Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and attempted obstruction of criminal investigation of heath care cases. Reported by Kent Morlan Glendale Doctor Violetta Mailyan, age 45, was accused of submitting more than t$45 million in bogus claims to Medicare for Botox injections that were medically unnecessary or never provide and usin $ (05-22-2026 - CA) |
| United States of America v. Danny L. Nickelson Jr. |
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St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to pay 10 years of employment taxes totaling $774,081. Reported by Kent Morlan Danny L. Nickelson Jr., 54, a Jefferson County businessman, owned General Physiotherapy, a manufacturer and distributor of massage and percussion devices used in medic $ (05-19-2026 - MO) |
| United States of America v. Elnar Zarbailov |
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Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud and money laundering. Reported by Kent Morlan Elnar Zarbailov, 42, of Staten Island, New York, and dual citizen of the United States and Azerbaijan, was a fixer and money launderer for the foreign-based Organization that spearheaded the largest health care fraud case ever prosecuted by the D $ (05-19-2026 - NY) |
| United States of America v. Joel Rufus French |
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Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States Government, mail fraud, and money laundering. By Kent Morlan Joel Rufus French, age 47 of Armory, Mississippi, engaged in a conspiracy to defraud of the United States. French worked with overseas telemarketing call centers that pressured elderly Americans to provide thei $ (05-09-2026 - FL) |
| United States of America v. Michele Rene Muzyka |
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New Have, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with Intent to Distribute, Distribution of, and Dispensing of Controlled Substances. by Kent Morlan Law enforcement began investigating Michele Rene Muzyka, 61, of Cheshire, Connecticut, an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), after ph $ (05-02-2026 - CT) |
| United States of America v. George Dilles |
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with willful failure to collect and pay taxes. George Dilles, age 55, of Inverness, Illinois, was the president and part-owner of NG Enterprises, Inc., a company that provided elderly home personal care in the Milwaukee area and over time employed from 50 to 110 workers. Dilles was required to withhold federal incom $ (04-28-2026 - WI) |
| United States of America v. Mari Alexander |
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Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with failure to account for and pay over employment tax and failure to account for and pay over employment tax. Mari Alexander, 52, was the sole owner and president of a mental-health counseling center with multiple locations throughout Tennessee. Alexander controlled the counseling center’s financial affairs and $ (04-27-2026 - TN) |
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