Tampa, FL Kelly Wolfe (Indian Rocks Beach) has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and filing a false tax return. She faces a maximum penalty of 13 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.
In addition to her criminal charges, Wolfe and her company, Regency, Inc. ( Regency ) have agreed to pay up to $20,332,516, to resolve allegations that Wolfe and Regency violated the False Claims Act in a number of ways, including falsifying documentation in order to fraudulently establish durable medical equipment ( DME ) corporations to bill for medically unnecessary DME equipment, and engaging in improper marketing practices that violate the Anti-Kickback Statute. The civil settlement amount is based on Wolfe and Regency s ability to pay.
Former Veterans Affairs Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Sexual Abuse of Veterans Details Written by Justice Department
Washington, DC - A former doctor of osteopathic medicine who previously worked at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Beckley, West Virginia, was sentenced Monday for depriving veterans of their civil rights under color of law by sexually abusing them.
U.S. District Judge Frank W. Volk sentenced Jonathan Yates, 52, of Bluefield, Virginia, to 300 months in prison and three years of supervised release, announced Deputy Assistant Attorney General Gregory B. Friel of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney Michael B. Stuart of the Southern District of West Virginia, Special Agent in Charge Michael A. Christman of the Pittsburgh Division of the FBI, and VA Inspector General Michael J. Missal.
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On Monday, U.S. District Judge Frank W. Volk sentenced Jonathan Yates, 52, of Bluefield, Virginia, to 25 years in prison and an additional three years of supervised probation for depriving veterans of their civil rights by sexually abusing them while under his care, according to the Department of Justice. Yates was a doctor of osteopathic medicine who worked at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Beckley, West Virginia.
Last September, Yates had pleaded guilty to three felony counts of deprivation of rights under color of law, which means that he committed the crimes while on duty. According to the plea documents, Yates molested three veterans under the guise of legitimate medicine, when in fact he acted without a legitimate medical purpose.
Former VA pathologist gets 20 years for misdiagnoses that led to deaths
Former VA pathologist gets 20 years for misdiagnoses that led to deaths
Robert Morris Levy, 54, a former
pathologist at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Fayetteville, was sentenced to 20 years in prison today by federal Judge Timothy Brooks for involuntary manslaughter and mail fraud.
He was fired in 2018 for being impaired on the job and was accused of
faulty diagnoses that led to three deaths.
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He was sentenced to 8 years for manslaughter and 20 for mail fraud, the maximum in both cases, but the sentences will be served concurrently.
The news release from the U.S. attorney’s office:
Sherrill Calls on VA Secretary Wilkie to Resign December 15, 2020, 3:39 pm | in
Sherrill Calls on VA Secretary Wilkie to Resign
Parsippany, NJ Representative Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) today called on Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie to resign following the recent report from Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General detailing the Secretary’s attempts to smear a woman veteran who reported a sexual assault at a VA facility:
“One of the very first things I did when I got to Congress was write to Secretary Wilkie, urging him to take immediate action to ensure VA medical facilities equitably serve women veterans and to address the reports of sexual harassment at the VA. After two years of work to raise the level of care women veterans receive, the Inspector General’s report and the Secretary’s behavior are extremely disturbing. The Secretary of the VA is responsible for the veterans in his care, and they should be his