Assisted living executive pleads guilty to wire fraud charge connected to multi-million dollar Ponzi...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 18, 2021
A Chicago businessman pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal wire fraud charge in connection with a multi-million fraud scheme involving investors in the Orthodox Jewish community who invested in assisted...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 17, 2021
AARP launches collaborative to accelerate solutions for successful aging … 3 charged with mailing fraudulent prize notices to older adults … Cures 2.0 legislation called ‘game changer’ in biomedical...
Median loss to fraud higher for adults in their 80s than for any other age group: FTC
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Lois A. Bowers
Nov 01, 2021
Adults 80 or older who made fraud reports to the Federal Trade Commission’s Consumer Sentinel Network, or who had reports made on their behalf, lost a median of $1,300 to fraud in 2020, according to...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 27, 2021
EEOC issues updated COVID-19 guidance on religious exemptions … Senate confirms Douglas Parker as OSHA leader … Atria Senior Living, Holiday Retirement report near 100% staff vaccination … Best places...
Assisted living residents among those highlighted in Justice Department annual elder fraud report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 21, 2021
The Department of Justice brought more than 220 criminal and civil enforcement actions covering almost 20 different types of fraud targeting older Americans, according to the agency’s annual report...
$17 million settlement resolves kickback allegations tied to senior living operator’s sale of 2 home...
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 28, 2021
The 2014 sale of two home health agencies by a national senior living provider is at the center of a recent $17 million settlement to resolve False Claims Act kickback allegations.
Older adults lost $100 million to COVID-related fraud in 2020: report
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 24, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic gave scammers an opportunity to use new tactics to defraud older adults, including illegal robocalls, texts and emails, and social media posts.
Florida home healthcare firms linked to $308M in fraudulent claims in federal crackdown
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Diane Eastabrook
Sep 21, 2021
A massive federal crackdown on healthcare fraud in Florida last week snared 52 providers including home healthcare firms.
Former assisted living owner pleads guilty to healthcare fraud for diverting $823,000 in resident benefits
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 20, 2021
The former owner of a now-shuttered Richmond, VA, assisted living community pleaded guilty Wednesday to healthcare fraud after reportedly using more than $823,000 in federal and state benefits intended...
2 charged with using senior living residents to commit healthcare fraud
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 16, 2021
An El Paso, TX, woman and her nephew were arrested last week on healthcare fraud charges for using senior living residents to submit fraudulent Medicare claims.