Tag: Health Care Fraud
Pharmacy Tech, Prescription Forgery, California 2020
⏱ 3 min read A brazen pharmacy tech sold fake scripts for cash, ripping off Medicare, Medicaid, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan for a staggering $5.6 million. Ali Naserdean, 32, of Dearborn Heights, worked at three metro-Detroit pharmacies from 2019 to 2022. Naserdean and his co-conspirator flooded health care benefit programs with false…
Michael Shawn Boaz, Health Care Fraud, Kentucky 2022
⏱ 2 min read A pharmacist in Western Kentucky made a killing off his customers – not from saving lives, but from overcharging them for vitamins and prescriptions. Michael Shawn Boaz, 47, of Clinton, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in a $2 million health care fraud scheme that spanned four…
Nestor Jaime, Medicare Fraud, New Jersey 2021
⏱ 2 min read Nestor Jaime, a Pine Brook, New Jersey, pharmacist, made a fortune by fleecing Medicare for $2.5 million. Over two years, from 2019 to 2021, Jaime submitted hundreds of fake claims for Dificid, a medication worth over $4,000 per prescription. But he didn’t bother buying or dispensing it. Jaime, through his Paterson…
Christian ‘Chris’ Cruz, Medicare Fraud, Florida 2023
⏱ 2 min read A ruthless Medicare scam that bilked the system for $11.4 million has landed a Florida nursing assistant a 9-year prison sentence. Christian ‘Chris’ Cruz, 45, of Pompano Beach, operated a durable medical equipment supplier in Florida that submitted false claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary orthotic braces. Cruz paid kickbacks and…
Hasan Jermel Pulliam, Health Care Fraud, Alabama 2022
⏱ 2 min read A former Anniston, Alabama, Medicaid provider is headed to the slammer for 54 months after scamming the system out of nearly $720,000. Hasan Jermel Pulliam, 54, was sentenced on April 2, 2026, for health care fraud and identity theft offenses. The scheme went down in 2022, with Pulliam allegedly submitting false…
Robert Charles Bowen, Hospice Scam, California 2020
⏱ 2 min read In a shocking case of health care fraud, eight defendants, including three nurses, a chiropractor, and a psychologist, were arrested in Los Angeles for scheming to defraud the nation’s health care system out of over $50 million. The scam involved running sham hospice care facilities that bilked Medicare by using people…
Tommie Robinson, Medicare Telemedicine Fraud, Massachusetts 2021
⏱ 2 min read An Alabama-based doctor, Tommie Robinson, has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for a $2.7 million telemedicine fraud scheme in Massachusetts. Between December 2018 and March 2021, Robinson worked with telemedicine companies to sign medical documentation for medically unnecessary durable medical equipment and genetic testing, targeting Medicare beneficiaries. The scheme…
Peter Adamczak, Healthcare Fraud, New York 2020
A Long Island chiropractor has been sentenced to prison for health care fraud. Read about the case and the repercussions for fraudulent healthcare professionals.
78 Defendants Charged in $1.9 Billion Health Care Fraud, U.S., 2023
U.S. Attorney announces criminal charges in $1.9 billion health care fraud case involving false claims and counterfeit drugs. 78 defendants charged.
Billy Joe Taylor, Healthcare Fraud, Arkansas 2023
Lavaca man sentenced to 15 years in $134M COVID-19 health care fraud & money laundering scheme. Learn about the case, charges, sentencing, and restitution in this article.
