Federal COVID Fraud Charges Include Doc's Testing Scheme
Physician used COVID-19 testing event for more profitable purposes, says DOJ
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Physician used COVID-19 testing event for more profitable purposes, says DOJ
Published: 26 December 2020 26 December 2020 New York - The owners of over a dozen New York-area pharmacies were charged in an indictment unsealed Monday for their roles in a $30 million health care fraud and money laundering scheme, in which they exploited emergency codes and edits in the Medicare system that went into effect due to the COVID-19 pandemic in order to submit fraudulent claims for expensive cancer drugs that were never provided, ordered, or authorized by medical professionals. Peter Khaim, 40, and Arkadiy Khaimov, 37, both of Forest Hills, New York, each were charged with on...
Forest Hills siblings were charged in a $30 million Covid healthcare fraud and money laundering case, the Department of Justice announced Monday. Peter Khaim, 40, and Arkadiy Khaimov, 37, were each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and wire fraud, and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. Khaim was separately charged with two counts of concealment money laundering and one count of aggravated identity theft. Khaimov was separately charged with two counts of concealment money laundering. The scheme allegedly involved exploiting emergency codes and edi...
Brooklyn, NY - An indictment was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn today charging the two owners of over a dozen pharmacies in New York City and on Long Island, for their roles in a $30 million health care fraud and money laundering scheme in which they exploited emergency codes and edits in the Medicare system that went into effect due to the COVID-19 pandemic in order to submit fraudulent claims for expensive cancer drugs that were never provided, ordered or authorized by medical professionals. Peter Khaim and Arkadiy Khaimov are charged with one count of conspiracy to commit health car...
2 charged with fraud, money laundering in $30 million scheme December 21, 2020 GMT NEW YORK (AP) — Two brothers are facing health care fraud and money laundering charges in connection to a $30 million scheme that took advantage of the pandemic emergency’s relaxing of some Medicare regulations, authorities said Monday as they unsealed a federal indictment. Peter Khaim, 40, and Arkadiy Khaimov, 37, were both charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. They were each separately charged with concealment money laundering. The m...