Philip Esformes appealing $43 million in penalties stemming from fraud conviction
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 06, 2021
Former assisted living and skilled nursing facility owner Philip Esformes may have had his 20-year prison sentence for his role in “the largest healthcare fraud scheme charged by the U.S. Justice Department”...
Philip Esformes has 20-year sentence in fraud case commuted by President Trump
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Lois A. Bowers
Dec 23, 2020
In one of two cases with assisted living connections, President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of Philip Esformes, the former assisted living and skilled nursing facility owner who was sentenced...
Big senior living stories of 2020
By
Lois A. Bowers
Dec 22, 2020
A year ago, nobody in the U.S. senior living industry would have predicted that a pandemic would upend everyone’s personal and professional lives in 2020. But COVID-19 undoubtedly was the story of the...
Home healthcare professional sentenced, ordered to pay $94K in multi-million dollar fraud case
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Joe Jancsurak
Dec 14, 2020
A home healthcare industry employee involved in a multi-million dollar fraud case was sentenced Wednesday by a federal judge to four years of probation, including six months of home detention, and was...
Home healthcare owner defrauds Medicaid of $1M, receives 5-year sentence
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Joe Jancsurak
Dec 04, 2020
The owner and operator of an Atlanta-based home healthcare provider has been sentenced to more than five years in prison for defrauding the Medicaid program out of almost $1 million.
Physician ordered to pay $9.5 million in restitution in home health fraud case
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Joe Jancsurak
Nov 23, 2020
A Texas physician has been sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay $9.5 million in restitution for her role in a multi-million Medicare fraud scheme, according to the Department of Justice.
Former president of assisted living management company pleads guilty to $59 million check-kiting scheme
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 26, 2020
The former head of a healthcare management company that operates assisted living communities pleaded guilty to bank fraud Tuesday for carrying out a $59 million check-kiting scheme on banks in two states.
DOJ highlights elder fraud efforts, cases in annual report to Congress
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 26, 2020
An elderly woman whose son and daughter-in-law spent all of her money, forcing her to lose her home at an assisted living community, was featured in the recently published Department of Justice’s annual...
Elder fraud scheme swindles victims out of $9.5 million in fees for false prizes, psychic services
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Oct 07, 2020
A Connecticut list brokerage firm pleaded guilty to facilitating elder fraud schemes resulting in at least $9.5 million in losses to victims through mass-mailing schemes.
Nurse imposter who worked in assisted living sentenced for wire fraud, healthcare fraud, identity theft
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 25, 2020
A Tennessee woman who posed as a nurse at assisted living communities and other locations has been sentenced to more than four years in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud, healthcare fraud, identity...