A federal grand jury has indicted the former owner of a Virginia assisted living community on 13 counts of wire fraud and two counts of making false statements for allegedly diverting $823,374 in federal and state benefits intended to pay for the care of the community’s residents.
Fallout from a Medicaid fraud case discovered because of a murder at an assisted living community had an outsized effect on fraud-related criminal monetary recoveries by state Medicaid Fraud Control Units for the second consecutive year, suggests the latest annual report released by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General.
The former Morgan Stanley adviser who pleaded guilty in July to wire and investment adviser fraud for stealing more than $6 million from clients including older adults will spend five years in federal prison, the Justice Department reported Thursday.
As thousands of long-term care operators and other businesses fought to retain employees and stay afloat over the past year, hundreds of others were working to defraud relief programs to the tune of $569 million.
A Florida man is facing the potential of more than 30 years in prison after being indicted for COVID-19 relief fraud for allegedly using the identities of senior living residents to obtain more than $1.5 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans.
A doctor of osteopathic medicine in Houston has agreed to pay $475,000 to resolve allegations that he falsely certified patients for home health services and received improper payments.
Bipartisan legislation aimed at cracking down on fraud targeting older adults would give the federal government additional resources to alert seniors of fraudulent schemes.
The owner of an assisted living facility in Texas pleaded guilty Wednesday to defrauding the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and has agreed to pay restitution, the Department of Justice announced. He faces up to a year in federal prison.
The Department of Justice last week announced a coordinated international law enforcement action against hackers who defrauded a Maryland senior living provider, among other victims, of more than $27 million.
California is elevating and expanding its efforts to uncover and pursue fraud, abuse and neglect cases.
