Providers with Larceny in Their Heart

One of the biggest weeks of indictments, arrests, convictions, and sentencing in a long time, as announced by US HHS/OIG (Aug. 22): 

1. Three Baton Rouge Individuals Sentenced To Federal Prison In Connection With The Department Of Justice’s 2024 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action (August 21, 2025; U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Louisiana)
2. Brooklyn Cardiologist Sentenced To 37 Months In Prison In Connection With Health Care Fraud And Bribery Scheme (August 21, 2025; U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York)
3. Memphis Woman Sentenced To Federal Prison For Scheme To Defraud Federal COVID-19 Relief Program (August 21, 2025; U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Tennessee)
4. AG Murrill's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Arrests Baton Rouge Woman For Failing To Report The Physical Abuse Of A Mentally Challenged Client As Required By Law (August 21, 2025; State of Louisiana)
5. Saginaw Physician Charged With Medicaid Fraud (August 15, 2025; State of Michigan)
6. Attorney General Griffin Announces Two Convictions And One Arrest By Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (August 15, 2025; State of Arkansas)
7. 10 Medicaid Providers Facing Fraud, Theft Charges (August 15, 2025; State of Ohio)
8. AG Murrill's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Arrests Slidell Woman For Cruel Attack On An Individual With A Disability Under Her Care (August 15, 2025; State of Louisiana)
9. Houma Woman Arrested By Louisiana Bureau Of Investigation For Falsifying Check Stubs And Underreporting Income To Defraud The Medicaid Program Of More Than $83,000 (August 15, 2025; State of Louisiana)
10. Attorney General Raúl Torrez Files Lawsuit Alleging Over $1.6 Million In Fraudulent Medicaid Claims And Identity Theft Of Children (August 14, 2025; State of New Mexico)
11. Attorney General Bonta Announces Arrest And Felony Charges Against Nursing Assistant For Alleged Sexual Assault Of Three Elderly Patients In Northern California (August 14, 2025; State of California)