Archive for July 8th, 2013

A.G. Schneiderman Announces Conviction And Jail Time In Multi-million Dollar Insurance Scheme

SOURCE: www.ag.ny.gov Will Be Sentenced To 3 ½ To 7 Years In Prison One-Time International Fugitive Arthur Bogoraz Pleads Guilty To Felony Charges  Schneiderman: Mr. Bogoraz’s Conviction And Jail Sentence Make Very Clear That This Office Will Capture And Hold Accountable Those Who Completely Disregard The Law Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the […]

Tacoma, Wash., Medical Firm to Pay $14.5 Million to Settle Overbilling Allegations

Bills Claimed Higher Level of Service Than Was Documented Sound Inpatient Physicians Inc. will pay $14.5 million to settle allegations that it overbilled Medicare and other federal health care programs, the Justice Department announced today.  Sound Physicians is a Tacoma, Wash.-based provider of hospitalists and other physicians to hospitals and other medical facilities.  It employs […]

U.S.Postal Service Mail Carrier Convicted for Involvement with Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Conspiracy

SOURCE: www.justice.gov On July 3, 2013, a jury found Vernon Harrison, of Montgomery, Ala., guilty of one count of conspiring to file false claims, eight counts of mail fraud, eight counts of aggravated identity theft and six counts of embezzlement from the U.S. mail, the Justice Department, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the U.S. […]