Health Care Fraud Press Releases
June 20, 2013
December 19, 2012
March 29, 2012
December 2, 2011
November 10, 2011
July 13, 2011
May 9, 2011
1/21/11 ALLEN
FORMER CAMAS, WASHINGTON PARAMEDIC SENTENCED TO 27 MONTHS IN PRISON FOR PRODUCT TAMPERING
Removed Pain Medication and Replaced Drug with Tap Water, Endangering Public
1/7/11 MSO
MEDICAL BILLING COMPANY PAYS $565,000 TO SETTLE HEALTHCARE FRAUD ALLEGATIONS
Lakewood Firm Over Billed Medicare and Medicaid
10/29/10 WORLEY
CAMANO ISLAND MAN SENTENCED FOR SCHEME TO STEAL AND SELL DIABETIC SUPPLIES
Former Pharmacy Employee Stole and Sold Insulin and Test Strips to Florida Resident
11/20/09 WORLEY-PEPIN
CAMANO ISLAND MAN INDICTED FOR SCHEME TO STEAL AND SELL DIABETIC SUPPLIES
Former Pharmacy Employee Conspired with Florida Resident to Sell Stolen Insulin and Test Strips
11/13/09 LE-HO
OPERATORS OF BURIEN SALON PLEAD GUILTY IN CASE INVOLVING BRIBE AND ILLEGAL IMPORT OF COSMETIC EQUIPMENT
Burien Couple Tried to Bribe FDA Officer Over Radiation Emitting Device
10/5/09 JOHNSON
SOUTH SOUND DOCTOR, ACCUSED OF HEALTH CARE FRAUD, RETURNED TO U.S. AFTER BEING DETAINED IN MADAGASCAR
Doctor Who Operated Four Medical Clinics Fled Area Following Clinic Searches
8/25/09 HE-HO-LE
THREE INDICTED IN CONNECTION WITH UNLICENCED COSMETIC TREATMENTS
Bellevue Woman Offered Bad Botox; Burien Couple Tried to Bribe FDA Officer
5/8/09 MA
SEATTLE MAN SENTENCED TO COMMUNITY SERVICE AND PROBATION FOR MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS
Defendant Falsified Audit Submitted to National Institute of Health
12/1/08 MA
SEATTLE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS
Defendant Falsified Audit Submitted to National Institutes of Health
8/22/08 BRANDT
MOUNT VERNON COUPLE SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH USING UNAPPROVED MEDICAL DEVICES IN TREATMENT OF CANCER
Couple Used Devices Without Medical Training Claiming Cancer Treatment
3/3/08 MILMAN
KIRKLAND WOMAN SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS FOR HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING CONSPIRACY - Co-owner of A-Z Pharmacy Billed Government for Medical Supplies and Drugs That Were Never Delivered
12/20/07 BRANDT
MOUNT VERNON COUPLE INDICTED FOR MEDICAL DEVICE FRAUD - Couple Used Devices Without Medical Training Claiming Cancer Treatment
11/26/07 MILMAN
KIRKLAND MAN SENTENCED TO LONGEST PRISON TERM FOR HEALTH CARE FRAUD EVER HANDED DOWN IN WESTERN WASHINGTON - Owners of A-Z Pharmacy Billed Government for Medical Supplies and Drugs That Were Never Delivered
8/9/07 MILMAN
KIRKLAND MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT HEALTH CARE FRAUD - Owners of A-Z Pharmacy Billed Gorernment for Medical Supplies and Drugs That Were Never Delivered
6/6/07 NGUYEN
TWO SENTENCED IN CONNECTION WITH SALE OF STOLEN MEDICAL DEVICES - Former Employees made more than $1,000,000 Selling Stolen Ultrasound Probes
4/17/07 CTI
CELL THERAPEUTICS, INC. TO PAY UNITED STATES $10.5 MILLION TO RESOLVE CLAIMS FOR ILLEGAL MARKETING OF CANCER DRUG - Company Promoted Arsenic Drug for Cancer Treatment when Drug Had Not Been Proven to be Safe or Effective
4/6/07 CELIO
SEATTLE PSYCHOLOGIST SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR FALSELY BILLING MILITARY MEDICAL INSURANCE PROGRAM - Man Billed for Patients he Did Not Treat, Appointments that Never Occurred
12/14/06 MILMAN
TWO ADDITIONAL DEFENDANTS INDICTED IN PHARMACY MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME - Defendants Allegedly Conspired to Submit False Claims after Initial Grand Jury Indictment
12/7/06 MILMAN
KIRKLAND WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING CONSPIRACY - Co-owner of A-Z Pharmacy Billed Government for Medical Supplies and Drugs That Were Never Delivered
9/15/06 MERKE
FORMER EVERETT MAN SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON FOR THEFT AND SALE OF MEDICAL DEVICES -
Former Employee Stole More than $368,000 Worth of Ultrasound Probes
7/14/06 MILMAN
KIRKLAND COUPLE INDICTED FOR HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND MONEY LAUNDERING CONSPIRACY - Owners of A-Z Pharmacy Billed Government for Medical Supplies and Drugs That Were Never Delivered
4/7/06 NGUYEN
TWO CONVICTED IN CONNECTION WITH SALE OF STOLEN MEDICAL DEVICES - Former Employees made more than $1,000,000 Selling Stolen Ultrasound Probes
11/18/05
STAR
Tacoma
Physical Therapy Firm Required to Pay More Than $655,000 for
Health Care Fraud - STAR Physical Therapy billed state and private
health plans for bogus private therapy sessions
3/18/05
CANCER TREATMENT CENTER
$478,000
Settlement in Cancer Treatment Center Investigation
1/19/05
SCHEYER
Former
UW Softball Team Doctor Pleads Guilty to Prescription Fraud
1/7/05
AHMAD
Seattle
Doctor Sentenced to One Year in Prison for Billing Fraud
