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Hoover doctor, husband sentenced for conspiracy to distribute controlled substance Doctors and husband sentenced (Source: WBRC) By WBRC Staff | May 5, 2021 at 1:25 PM CDT - Updated May 5 at 1:26 PM HOOVER, Ala. (WBRC) - A Hoover doctor and her husband were sentenced to prison months after pleading guilty to prescribing and dispensing controlled substances without a legitimate medical purpose and outside the course of professional practice. Elizabeth Korcz, M.D., 48, and Matthew Korcz, 47...

Pierre, SD, USA / DRGNews May 4, 2021 | 12:33 PM Neurosurgeon Dr. Wilson Asfora of Sioux Falls and two medical device distributorships that he owns, Medical Designs LLC and Sicage LLC, have agreed to pay $4.4 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations relating to illegal payments to Asfora to induce the use of certain medical devices, in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute, as well as claims for medically unnecessary surgeries. Medical Designs and Sicage agreed to pay an additional $100...

Dr. Wilson Asfora and two affiliated companies agree to pay $4.4 million to settle healthcare fraud allegations By Todd Epp May 3, 2021 9:42 AM WASHINGTON – Neurosurgeon Wilson Asfora, M.D. of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and two medical device distributorships that he owns, Medical Designs LLC and Sicage LLC, have agreed to pay $4.4 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations relating to illegal payments to Asfora to induce the use of certain medical devices, in violation of the An...

For the past two years, telemedicine companies, durable medical equipment suppliers, pharmacies, and individuals and entities that market to such entities have been at the center of DOJ...

DOJ Telemedicine Offensive Pushes Forward with New Charges Friday, April 30, 2021 For the past two years, telemedicine companies, durable medical equipment suppliers, pharmacies, and individuals and entities that market to such entities have been at the center of DOJ gunsights. In 2019, the Department announced Operation Brace Yourself, an operation that targeted an international fraud ring that purportedly bilked Medicare out of more than $1 billion for medically unnecessary devices....

By Kyle Brasseur2021-04-30T17:08:00+01:00 The chief of the Justice Department’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Unit is set to depart the agency for a position with law firm Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr. Christopher Cestaro will join WilmerHale as a partner in the firm’s White-Collar Defense and Investigations practice, according to an announcement Friday. Cestaro will begin in the Washington D.C.-based role on May 10. Cestaro was promoted to acting chief of the Justice Depart...

29 Apr 2021 - 11:24 KABUL (Pajhwok): A California man has pleaded guilty in a scheme to defraud the Afghan government of more than $100 million in a contract designed to construct a power grid in the country. Saed Ismail Amiri, 38, of Granite Bay, entered a plea in Los Angeles federal court to one count of wire fraud, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) announced. Court documents describe Amiri, 38, as owner or senior consultant of As...

Details Written by IVN Los Angeles, California - A federal grand jury in Los Angeles, California, returned an indictment on April 13, charging a California man with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). According to court documents, Oumar Sissoko, 59, of Temecula, submitted a PPP loan application on behalf of his company, Road Doctor California LLC, that sought and obtained $7.25 million. The loan application certified that ...

Details Written by Imperial Valley News Temecula, California - Federal authorities Wednesday morning arrested a Temecula man on federal fraud charges that allege he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) after obtaining more than $7 million in PPP loan funds on behalf of his company that purports to repair potholes. Oumar Sissoko, 59, was arrested pursuant to a four-count wire fraud indictment that was returned by a federal grand...

Two Senior Managers in Italy Charged with Conspiracy to Cheat U.S. Emissions Tests and Defraud U.S. Consumers Details Written by IVN Detroit, Michigan - An indictment was unsealed Tuesday in the Eastern District of Michigan charging two Italian nationals, along with a previously charged co-conspirator, for their alleged role in a conspiracy to defraud U.S. regulators and customers by making false and misleading statements about the emissions controls and fuel efficie...