United States of America v. Tiffany Haney, Anne Warren, and Tina Roper

Knoxville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Tiffany Haney, 43, Anne Warren, 45, and Tina Roper, 40, all of Knoxville, were accused of engaging in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349. The jury also convicted Haney and Warren of committing specific acts of wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343, submitting false statements relating to health care matters in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1035, and aggravated identity theft in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1028A.

At trial, six healthcare providers testified that alterations made to their prescriptions were not authorized. Three other healthcare providers testified that prescriptions that were submitted by the pharmacy using their names were unauthorized. Witnesses also testified that Medicare, TennCare, and other health benefit payors would not have paid for the fabricated and altered prescriptions if they had been aware that the prescriptions were not authorized. The evidence presented at trial established that the defendants conspired to defraud various health benefit programs, including Medicare and TennCare, by altering healthcare provider prescriptions without authorization and then submitting claims for payment for the added medications. The evidence also established that defendants Haney and Warren submitted false statements and used the identity of a healthcare provider without authorization.

United States Attorney Francis M. (Trey) Hamilton III of the Eastern District of Tennessee, Special Agent in Charge Joseph E. Carrico of the Nashville Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Special Agent in Charge Kelly Blackmon, of Health and Human Services OIG (HHS-OIG), made the announcement.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jeremy S. Dykes and Brian P. Samuelson prosecuted the case.

This case was investigated by the FBI, HHS-OIG, and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

The Defendants were found guilt.