Substance Abuse Treatment Center Owner Pleads Guilty to $57 Million Money Laundering Conspiracy in Connection with Hospital Pass-Through Billing Scheme
The owner of a Jacksonville, Florida-area substance abuse treatment center pleaded guilty today for his role in a $57 million money laundering conspiracy associated with a pass-through billing scheme involving laboratory testing services. Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S.
Category: Insurance Fraud
Bucks drug rehab fraud made millions off patients’ relapses, Pa. attorney general charges
“Mom, When They Look at Me, They See Dollar Signs”
Submitting fake insurance claims – It doesn’t pay
Sober-home operator submitted fake insurance claims, authorities say
James Durkin had operated two businesses in Boynton Beach.
11 charged in multimillion-dollar insurance fraud case involving surgeries on recovering addicts
11 charged in multimillion-dollar insurance fraud case involving surgeries on recovering addicts
The owner and an employee of a Fountain Valley-based treatment facility, along with five doctors and four “body brokers,” are charged in what authorities say was a scheme to fraudulently bill insurance companies for experimental, unnecessary and potentially harmful surgeries on recovering addicts.
Recruiters pay vulnerable addicts to try experimental treatment to kick heroin
Recruiters pay vulnerable addicts to try experimental treatment to kick heroin
There are believed to be more than 600,000 opioid addicts in the U.S. A scheme that preys on many involves Naltrexone, a drug that curbs cravings. The FDA approved it in some forms, but not as a surgical implant.
The Ethics of Implant Therapy
Body Brokering in Addiction Part 2: Implant Therapy
The existence of body brokering in addiction is an old story in the treatment world especially in the Los Angeles/Orange County, CA area, also known
Temecula rehab operator charged with insurance fraud, pleads innocent
Temecula rehab operator charged with insurance fraud, pleads innocent
RIVERSIDE – The owner of a Temecula substance abuse treatment facility, who allegedly submitted dozens of false claims to a health insurance company and collected more than $250,000 before the scheme was uncovered, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to 30 counts of insurance fraud.
John Oliver’s “Rehab” report
Inglewood women charged in $2 million scam involving Lancaster, Long Beach and Carson drug treatment facilities
Inglewood women charged in $2 million scam involving Lancaster, Long Beach and Carson drug treatment facilities
Two executives at a South Los Angeles company that offered substance abuse treatment were arrested Tuesday on nearly two dozen federal charges alleging they defrauded Medi-Cal by billing at least $2 million for ineligible services. Mesbel Mohamoud, 45, and her mother-in-law, Erlinda Abella, 63, were taken into custody without incident, according to the U.S.
