VW facing 'tsunami' of legal trouble in emissions scandal
WASHINGTON — Who knew about the deception, when did they know it and who directed it? Those are among questions that state and federal investigators want answered as they plunge into the emissions...
View ArticleJudge upholds sentences for Kansas couple in overdose-linked deaths
By Kevin Murphy KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Reuters) - A federal judge in Kansas resentenced a doctor and his wife to three decades in prison on Thursday for illegally distributing pain killers to patients,...
View ArticleMortgage Loan Originator Pleads Guilty, Unlicensed Appraiser Charged in...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the District of Rhode Island) PROVIDENCE, R.I. - An ongoing federal and state law enforcement investigation into alleged mortgage fraud in Rhode Island has...
View ArticleCommissioner Gerhart Orders Florida-based Health Insurance Salesroom and...
(Source: IID - Iowa Insurance Division) September 25, 2015 - Iowa Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhartannounced today that he has now reached settlements with three Florida men and three related...
View ArticleBarnes & Noble suiter G Asset charged with fraud for false bid
It just seemed too good to be true for Barnes & Noble shareholders — and it was. That’s one takeaway following news Thursday that little-known New York investment adviser Michael Glickstein and his...
View ArticleAugust Monthly Actions: Agency Took Licensure Action against Nine Providers,...
(Source: Florida Agency for HealthCare Administration) INTEROFFICE MEMORANDUM FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 18, 2015 RICK SCOTT GOVERNOR ELIZABETH DUDEK SECRETARY Contact: AHCA Communications Office...
View ArticleKansas doctor, wife sentenced to prison in overdose deaths
Click photo to enlarge FILE - In this June 23, 2010 file photo, Dr. Stephen Schneider and his wife Linda arrive at Federal Court in Wichita, Kan., to hear the verdict in their case. The doctor was...
View ArticlePrison Terms Don’t Change For Former Haysville Doctor and Wife (United States...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the District of Kansas) WICHITA, KAN. - A federal judge Thursday resentenced a former Haysville physician and his wife without changing the amount of time...
View ArticleLower Saucon man accused of bilking QVC out of $1.8M
A Lehigh Valley man who used to work as a manager at QVC is accused of orchestrating a scheme to defraud almost $2 million from the home-shopping network based in West Chester, Pa., a federal...
View ArticlePrison Terms Don’t Change for Former Haysville Doctor and Wife (Federal...
(Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Kansas City Field Office) WICHITA, KS-A federal judge Thursday resentenced a former Haysville physician and his wife without changing the amount of time they...
View ArticlePennsylvania Hospitals Play Major Role in Reducing Health Care-Associated...
(Source: The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania) September 25, 2015 Pennsylvania health care-associated infections (HAI) and related costs have declined significantly during recent...
View ArticleHarris Health to cut thousands of uninsured from free care
Faced with a $53 million deficit next year, the Harris Health System will cut the number of uninsured and poor people eligible for free care at its hospitals and clinics by some 18,000 individuals. The...
View ArticleFormer U.S. Army Physician Sentenced to Federal Prison for his Role in an...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas) In El Paso today, former William Beaumont Army Medical Center (WBAMC) physician and Army Lt. Col. Richard Craig Rooney of...
View ArticleEx-lighting manager charged in $1.8M fraud targeting QVC
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man who spent several years as the lighting manager for online and TV shopping network QVC Inc. has been charged with bilking the company for more than $1.8 million. Defense...
View ArticleFraud case alleges hundreds of surgeries by non-doctor
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The patient was unconscious and ready for surgery, but the doctor was not in. Instead of the Stanford- and Harvard-trained orthopedic surgeon who was supposed to perform the...
View ArticleLos Angeles fraud case alleges hundreds of surgeries by non-doctor
The patient was unconscious and ready for surgery, but the doctor was not in. Instead of the Stanford- and Harvard-trained orthopedic surgeon who was supposed to perform the operation, the patient got...
View ArticlePA Hospitals Continue Progress with Reducing Health Care-Associated...
(Source: The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania) September 25, 2015 The rate of health care-associated infections has decreased 7 percent across the commonwealth since 2009,...
View ArticleFeds charge woman with $18K credit card fraud
A New York woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for an $18,000 credit card fraud against two stores, including one in Cumberland...
View ArticleFormer Schuylkill County Employee Charged with Embezzling $452,186 (Federal...
(Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Philadelphia Field Office) HARRISBURG-The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that a former Schuylkill...
View ArticleProsecutors: Unlicensed worker did surgeries in fraud scam
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A physician assistant who wasn't licensed or trained to perform surgery operated on hundreds of patients while the orthopedic surgeon who billed for the procedures schemed with...
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