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October 26, 2021 — A former Pittsburgh-area physician pleaded guilty in federal court to violating federal narcotics and health care laws, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today.
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita issued the following news release on Oct. 22, 2021:. Attorney General Todd Rokita recently marked another successful case investigated and prosecuted by his Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. The conviction and sentencing of Betty Hanks, owner and operator of Liberty Labs Inc. in Perry County, followed an in-depth...
Southern District of New York. Audrey Strauss, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Scott Lampert, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, announced the unsealing today of an indictment charging acupuncturists JUNYI LIU, a/k/a "Jenny," and...
Farid A. Ahmad, M.D., of Oak Creek on Tuesday (May 18). A press release states that in September of 2018, he used a nurse's National Provider Identifier Standard (NPI), which is a 10-digit identification number given to health providers. He used the nurse's NPI to prescribe medication to his Medicaid patients. He gave out nearly 300 pharmaceuticals to patients, including eight controlled substance prescriptions. The nurse told investigators that they consented to Ahmad using their NPI one time to prescribe a non-narcotic medication to a patient. Attorney General Kaul stated, "Wisconsin DOJ...
PITTSBURGH — A resident of Bulger, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to three years' probation and the forfeiture of $1.75 million on his conviction of maintaining a drug involved premises and money laundering, Acting United States Attorney Stephen R. Kaufman announced today. United States District Judge Cathy Bissoon imposed the sentence on Stephen K. Shaner. According to information presented to the court, Shaner was the owner and operator of SKS Associates, Inc., a buprenorphine clinic located in Johnstown, Pa. Buprenorphine is a controlled substance that is prescribed to...