Tag: Health Care Fraud
Michael Stewart, Health Care Fraud, Texas 2018
⏱ 2 min read A Texas laboratory, its former CEO, and a Florida businessman are at the center of a massive health care fraud scheme that involved paying kickbacks and billing Medicare and Medicaid for medically unnecessary genetic testing. Access DX Laboratory, based in Houston, Texas, along with former CEO Michael Stewart and Florida businessman…
Chad Hoppe, Fentanyl and Dilaudid Diversion, Iowa 2026
⏱ 2 min read Chad Hoppe, a 49-year-old former registered nurse from LeMars, Iowa, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for diverting large quantities of fentanyl and dilaudid. Between May 2024 and March 2025, Hoppe, who was working as a licensed nurse, stole the controlled substances for personal use and falsified medical records…
Gwendolyn Singleton, Health Care Fraud, North Carolina 2026
⏱ 2 min read Gwendolyn Singleton, a 55-year-old woman from Guilford County, pleaded guilty to health care fraud in connection with a scheme to bill North Carolina Medicaid for over $1.7 million in urine drug tests that were never performed. The scam took place between June 2021 and March 2023 at Joelle’s Center of Hope…
Saad Aziz and Zabed Chowdhury, Health Care Fraud, New York 2023
⏱ 2 min read Saad Aziz and Zabed Chowdhury, also known as ‘Jared’, have been charged with running a multi-million dollar health care fraud scheme in New York. The duo allegedly offered and paid health care kickbacks and submitted fraudulent claims to Medicaid for ambulette services to medical appointments that were not performed, or the…
James D. Sommers, Health Care Fraud, Massachusetts 2026
⏱ 2 min read James D. Sommers, a Pittsfield, Massachusetts man, has been impersonating a US Army veteran for over 30 years to swindle thousands of dollars in benefits. Sommers, whose age is unknown, allegedly used a stolen identity to obtain medical care at Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers and nearly $30,000 in benefits. The…
Julianna C. Lung, Health Care Fraud, California 2026
⏱ 2 min read Julianna C. Lung, a 60-year-old San Diego woman, pleaded guilty to a massive health care fraud scheme, admitting she sold hearing protection devices to United States Border Patrol agents and other federal employees, then falsely billed insurance providers for nearly $1 million. The scheme, which targeted the Federal Employees Health Benefits…
Jahangeer Ali, Medicare Fraud, Oregon 2026
⏱ 2 min read In a brazen scheme, two individuals were charged in Oregon for defrauding Medicare, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Veterans Health Administration, and private insurance companies. The scam, which cost over $15 million, was part of a larger national health care fraud takedown. Jahangeer Ali, 34, a citizen of…
Tonya Crowder, Demetrius Onuaguluchi, Marlene Durham, Health Care Fraud, Texas 2026
⏱ 2 min read Nine individuals in the Houston area and one from Nevada have been indicted for their roles in various health care fraud schemes, including pill mill clinics and attempts to defraud Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE. The alleged fraud totals over $1 billion. The schemes involved illegal drug diversion, improper wound care treatment…
Angela Moss, Health Care Fraud and Controlled Substance Distribution, Tennessee 2011
⏱ 2 min read A Gordonsville, Tennessee physician has been charged with health care fraud and controlled substance distribution after prescribing over 5.6 million pills to patients over eight years. Angela Moss, 55, owned and operated the Gordonsville Clinic, where she allegedly prescribed medically unnecessary controlled substances to patients. The indictment alleges that Moss issued…
Ramon Aquino, Health Care Fraud, Tennessee 2023
⏱ 2 min read Ramon Aquino, a 77-year-old doctor from Clarksville, Tennessee, has been charged with health care fraud for prescribing over 1.08 million controlled substance pills to patients without a legitimate medical purpose. The scheme, which lasted for more than five years, resulted in losses of approximately $335,621 to health care benefit programs. Aquino…
