Tag: June 2025
Ellison Travis, $14.6B Health Care Fraud, Louisiana 2025
GRIMY TIMES EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown has resulted in a stunning blow to criminal elements within the health care industry. In what is being described as the largest such operation ever, Acting United States Attorney Ellison C. Travis announced charges against two defendants in connection with a…
Hulbert James, Health Care Fraud, Louisiana 2024
Acting United States Attorney Ellison C. Travis dropped a重磅打击 on health care fraud in Louisiana, charging two defendants in Baton Rouge with over $14.6 billion in alleged fraud against government benefit programs. Hulbert, 41, is accused of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and theft of government funds for schemes involving the Paycheck Protection…
Shango Johnson, Fake Check Scheme, Iowa 2025
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA – Shango Johnson, 35, of Chicago, Illinois, will spend the next two years in federal prison after admitting to a brazen identity theft scheme that saw him attempt to cash a phony check for $9,634. The sentencing, handed down on June 27, 2025, by United States District Court Chief Judge C.J. Williams,…
Denisha Clarice Morrison, FEMA/PPP Fraud, Iowa 2025
Marion, Iowa – Denisha Clarice Morrison, 28, was sentenced on June 27, 2025, to over a year in federal prison for her role in a brazen scheme that defrauded over $25,000 from FEMA and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) during both the August 2020 derecho and the COVID-19 pandemic. Morrison, a resident of Marion, Iowa,…
Denisha Clarice Morrison, Pandemic Fraud, Iowa 2024
Marion, IA – Denisha Clarice Morrison, 28, was handed an 18-month federal prison sentence after swindling over $25,000 in disaster and Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funds. The eastern Iowa resident pleaded guilty to theft of government funds and wire fraud, authorities reported. The heist came during a period of dual economic distress: Morrison deceitfully claimed…
Kishaun Andre Jones, Escape from Reentry, West Virginia 2024
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Another lowlife thought he could outrun the system. Kishaun Andre Jones, 25, of Beckley, is headed back to a cage after being sentenced to four months in prison today for escaping a federal reentry facility. The sentence will be followed by three years of supervised release, a pathetic attempt at rehabilitation for…
Kishaun Andre Jones, Reentry Violation, West Virginia 2024
Kishaun Andre Jones, 25, of Beckley, has been handed a four-month prison sentence for walking away from a federal reentry facility. The sentence, imposed by Chief United States District Judge Frank W. Volk, will be followed by three years of supervised release. According to court documents and statements made in court, Jones left Dismas Charities…
Michael Austin, Cocaine & Gun Possession, New York 2024
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – In a hard-hitting blow to the streets of Herkimer County, Michael Austin, 46, from Frankfort, pleaded guilty last week to serious charges of possessing and intending to distribute cocaine, as well as possession of firearms by a felon. The announcement was made by United States Attorney John A. Sarcone III and…
Alan Vaughan, Medicare Kickback Scheme, New Jersey 2024
NJ Doctor & UK Kingpin in $80M Medicare Kickback Scheme NEWARK, NJ – A tangled web of deceit and greed has been exposed in New Jersey, as federal prosecutors unveiled charges against 15 individuals involved in a nationwide health care fraud takedown. The Department of Justice announced today that the operation, spanning 50 federal districts…
Alan Vaughan, Medicare Kickback Scheme, New Jersey 2025
NEWARK, NJ – The rot runs deep in the Garden State’s healthcare system. Today, federal prosecutors announced charges against 15 individuals as part of a national crackdown on health care fraud, exposing a staggering $14.6 billion in alleged schemes. The bust, dubbed the 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, targeted a network of corrupt doctors,…
