U.S. Department
of Justice
Northeast Strike Force
The Northeast Strike Force works across the Northeast region to further the mission of the Health Care Fraud Unit, which is to protect the public fisc and to prevent and deter patient harm. We maximize the deterrent value of our work by investigating and prosecuting those cases with the largest scope and financial impact in the region and those that involve patient harm. Our team of prosecutors in both the Eastern District of New York and the District of New Jersey investigates and prosecutes various health care fraud schemes, including corporate health care fraud, pandemic-related fraud, kickbacks, pharmacy fraud, adult day care fraud, drug diversion, laboratory testing, and money laundering.
Where We Are
The Northeast Strike Force, operating in collaboration with the United States Attorneys’ Offices for the Eastern District of New York and the District of New Jersey, and with agency partners, has successfully prosecuted health care fraud schemes involving doctors and other medical professionals, medical corporations, telemedicine, diagnostic testing, physical and occupational therapy, pharmacies, laboratories, opioids, prescription drugs, and medical devices, among others. The Strike Force has brought cases involving the defrauding of Medicare and Medicaid, among other health insurance programs, and is a leader in investigations and prosecutions related to telemedicine schemes.
Involvement
The Northeast Strike Force regularly participates in national and regional fraud enforcement actions, including the 2024 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action, 2023 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action, 2022 COVID-19 Enforcement Action; the 2022 Opioid Enforcement Action; the 2021 COVID-19 Enforcement Action; 2021 National Health Care Fraud Enforcement Action; the 2020 National Health Care Fraud and Opioid Enforcement Action; the 2019 Northeast Regional Enforcement Action; and the 2019 Operation Brace Yourself Enforcement Action.
Recent Cases
Recent cases brought by the Northeast Strike Force include:
- United States v. Anand (E.D.Pa)
- United States v. Abrazi (D.N.J.)
- United States v. Yip (E.D.N.Y.)
- United States v. Chu (D.N.J.)
- United States v. Kim, et al. (E.D.N.Y.)
- Indictment
- Press Release
- United States v. Farese and Gatto (D.N.J.)
- United States v. Kotlyar (E.D.N.Y.)
- Information
- Press Release
- United States v. Harry (D.N.J.)
- United States v. Peter Khaim and Arkadiy Khaimov (E.D.N.Y.)
- United States v. Matthew James (E.D.N.Y.)