White Collar Crime Report: Index-Summary

MADOFF FRAUD

– Aiding and abetting cover-up, back office manager, civil and criminal charges (S.D.N.Y.), 168
– Forfeiture of $625 million by longtime investor (S.D.N.Y.), 897
– Former employees indicted for roles in scheme (S.D.N.Y.), 835
– Technical support aiding Ponzi scheme, computer programmers, indictment (S.D.N.Y.), 207
– UBS bank role in feeder funds, Luxembourg launches preliminary criminal investigation, 443

MAIL FRAUD

– Conspiracy to defraud FCC program, guilty pleas (D.N.J.), 176
– Deceiving regulatory agency to defraud third party (5th Cir.), 218
– Double jeopardy, acquittal as bar to retrial on hung counts (D.C. Cir.), 536
– Foreign currency Ponzi scheme, indictment (M.D. Fla.), 33; conviction, 526; sentencing, 931
– Former Detroit mayor indicted (E.D. Mich.), 463
– Health care benefits program funds (2d Cir.), 733
– Hedge fund manager, sentencing (N.D. Cal.), 324
– Honest-services fraud, former N.Y. state senate GOP leader, sentencing (N.D.N.Y.), 354
– Intent to harm victims named in indictment (7th Cir.), 703
– Investment adviser, charges re 5-year scheme (N.D. Tex.), 348
– Medical device billing fraud, not guilty pleas (D. Colo.), 724
– Natural gas transactions, Dynegy exec conviction (U.S., rev den), 80
– Oil and gas investment scheme, guilty plea (E.D. Tex.), 626
– Ponzi schemes

– – Cal. operator, sentencing (C.D. Cal.), 103
– – Financial services firm owner, fast-food restaurant investment scheme, charges (N.D. Ohio), 348
– – Foreign currency futures, no-risk trading scheme, charges (D. Minn.), 243; guilty plea, 283
– – Hedge fund founder and manager, sentencing (C.D. Cal.), 38
– – Illegal immigrants targeted, indictment (S.D.N.Y.), 95
– – Investment adviser, indictment (E.D. Pa.), 243
– – Spanish-speaking investors targeted, guilty verdict (C.D. Cal.), 99; sentencing, 324
– – Uniform purchase broker scheme, criminal complaint (D. Mass.), 33

– Radio broadcast time for Univision recording artists, guilty plea (C.D. Cal.), 529
– Software reseller misrepresentations to obtain Microsoft discount prices (9th Cir.), 664
– Union treasurer indicted for defrauding pension plan (D.D.C.), 495

MARKETING

See ADVERTISING

MARYLAND

– Bribery, county official lack of actual authority to award contract (Md.), 329
– Embezzlement of union funds, Baltimore Waterfront Guard Association president and pension plan administrator, sentencing (D. Md.), 355
– Self-incrimination, former corporate employee must produce records (Md.), 763

MASSACHUSETTS

– Boston “Big Dig” highway project, defective materials supplied, concrete firm managers sentenced (D. Mass.), 391
– Medicaid fraud, clinic testing laboratory indicted for drug screening kickback scheme (Mass. Super. Ct.), 494
– Nursing home resident's death, liability for employee negligence (Mass.), 353

MEDICAID

– Aggravated identity theft, provider use of patient IDs to inflate charges (4th Cir.), 111
– Ambulance company owners sentenced for billing fraud (S.D. Tex.), 568; (N.D. Tex.), 730
– Behavioral counseling business owner, fraudulent billing, indictment (S.D. Tex.), 171
– Cal. Medi-Cal billing fraud, defendants convicted (C.D. Cal.), 527
– Claims database, HHS upgrade, 187
– Clinic testing laboratory indicted for drug screening fraud kickback scheme (Mass. Super. Ct.), 494
– Dentist billing fraud

– – Indictment (N.D. Tex.), 592
– – Sentencing (Ky. Cir. Ct.), 38

– DOJ, HHS launch joint initiative to fight fraud, enforcement tools, 150
– Disqualified person control of firms involved in billing fraud (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 531
– Drugs, billing fraud

See DRUGS

– Durable medical equipment, billing fraud

– – Adult diaper and incontinence supply firm owner sentenced (S.D. Tex.), 662
– – Heating system, mattress, and lumbar support supply firm owners, sentencing (S.D. Tex.), 73
– – Orthotic devices and equipment, indictments (S.D. Tex.), 799
– – Sentence enhancement for abuse of position of trust by company owner (5th Cir.), 393

– Fla. recovered record fraud penalties in 2009, 609
– Home health care firm owners sentenced for billing fraud (W.D.N.C.), 472
– Homeless people recruited for unnecessary procedures, hospital co-owner billing fraud, plea agreement (C.D. Cal.), 131; codefendant, sentencing, 139; hospital CEO sentenced, 630
– Hospital falsely claiming public status to qualify for supplemental funds, CEO convicted (M.D. Ga.), 927
– In-home nursing services billing fraud, opinion testimony of health care workers (6th Cir.), 441
– Insurance broker receives record state sentence for fraud (Mo. Cir. Ct.), 433
– Medical transport office manager, fraudulent billing, sentencing (E.D.N.C.), 216
– Mental health services provider sentenced for billing fraud (E.D.N.C.), 661
– Money laundering of fraudulent claim proceeds, chiropractor convicted (8th Cir.), 632
– N.Y. fraud control unit, record number of convictions in 2009, 302
– Or. fraud staff, increase, 303
– Pain management clinic operator, sentencing (E.D. Tex.), 17
– Personal care services worker, billing fraud, sentencing (E.D. La.), 17
– Podiatrist sentenced for billing fraud (S.D. Tex.), 435
– Prevention of fraudulent payments

– – DOJ and HHS focus on, 639
– – Predictive modeling tools will be used by CMS, 941

– Schools offering compliance training to medical students, HHS inspector general report, 739
– Specialty hospital CEO and registered nurse, billing for services not provided (E.D. Tex.), 96
– Strike forces, data analysis, use in fighting fraud, House hearing, 188
– Submitting claims for dead patients, charges against clinic owners (Cal. Super. Ct.), 169

MEDICAL DEVICES

– Billing fraud, supply firm officers plead not guilty (D. Colo.), 724
– Bone cement makers to pay fine for unauthorized clinical trials (E.D. Pa.), 695; sentencing, 851
– Cardiac stents, medically unnecessary use by doctor, Senate Finance Comm. report, 939
– False Claims Act and anti-kickback enforcement, BNA webinar, 579
– FCPA prosecutions

– – International cooperation trend, lawyers discuss, 157
– – Spotlight is on device industry, attorney says, 706

– FDA increased enforcement efforts, conferees discuss, 771
– Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act violations

– – Individual liability, prosecutors focus on, BNA Insights, 862
– – Misdemeanor prosecutions of high-level executives, BNA Insights, 544

– Fraud prevention and enforcement, DOJ efforts to increase, 444
– Implantable defibrillators, concealing safety problems, criminal charges (D. Minn.), 170; guilty plea, 253
– Marketing for off-label use, FDA plans to increase prosecution of executives, 773
– Orthopedic implants, kickbacks to surgeons

– – Deferred prosecution agreement (D.N.J.), 888
– – Fine imposed (D.N.J.), 696

MEDICARE

– AIDS, billing fraud by infusion therapy clinics

See AIDS AND HIV

– Ambulance services, billing fraud

– – Conviction of company worker (W.D. Va.), 502
– – Owner of firm sentenced (N.D. Tex.), 730
– – Sentencing of company owners (S.D. Tex.), 568

– Armenian-American crime ring, indictments unsealed, 722
– Behavioral counseling business owner, fraudulent billing, indictment (S.D. Tex.), 171
– Cardiologist sentenced for billing fraud (N.D. Ill.), 567
– Claims database, HHS upgrade, 187
– DOJ, HHS launch joint initiative to fight fraud, enforcement tools, 150; states urged to create outreach programs to seniors, 445
– Drugs, billing fraud

See DRUGS

– Durable medical equipment, billing fraud

– – Heating system, mattress, and lumbar support supply firm owners, sentencing (S.D. Tex.), 73
– – Items not provided, sentencing (S.D. Fla.), 354
– – Orthotic devices and equipment, indictments (S.D. Tex.), 799
– – Oxygen supplies and services, conviction (M.D. Fla.), 928
– – Power wheelchairs, sentencing (S.D. Tex.), 15; (C.D. Cal.), 256; (E.D. Tex.), 291; sentencing, 355; company owner sentenced (S.D. Tex.), 531; manager and delivery driver sentenced, 849
– – Sentence enhancement for abuse of position of trust by company owner (5th Cir.), 393
– – Sham company operator sentenced (D. Mass.), 601
– – Threatening officials examining fraud claims, business owner sentenced (S.D. Fla.), 178

– Fraudulent claim submission, doctor's guilty plea (W.D. Pa.), 69
– Home health care fraud schemes

– – Fla. defendants plead guilty (S.D. Fla.), 563; co-conspirators plead guilty, 628; patient recruiter convicted, 657; agency owners sentenced, 700; clinic owner sentenced, 934
– – Investigative demand for documents from Amedisys, 706
– – Mich., 13 arrests (E.D. Mich.), 65; patient recruiter, guilty plea, 353; sentencing, 732; medical assistant sentenced, 851; indictments, 921
– – Tex., patient recruiters plead guilty (S.D. Tex.), 758

– Homeless people recruited for unnecessary procedures, hospital co-owner billing fraud, plea agreement (C.D. Cal.), 131; codefendant, sentencing, 139; hospital CEO sentenced, 630
– In-home physical therapy services, billing fraud

– – Husband-wife operators convicted (S.D. Miss.), 388; sentencing, 662
– – Owners of firm sentenced (S.D. Miss.), 932

– Infusion and injection therapy, false claim filing

– – Detroit-area doctor sentenced (E.D. Mich.), 934
– – Fla. clinic operators, sentencing (S.D. Fla.), 568
– – Miami clinic owner pleads guilty (S.D. Fla.), 657
– – Mich. clinic owner, sentencing (E.D. Mich.), 255; co-conspirators convicted, 627
– – Physician conviction (E.D. Mich.), 70; sentencing, 327

– Medical transport office manager, fraudulent billing, sentencing (E.D.N.C.), 216
– Mental health services billing fraud, indictments (S.D. Fla.), 752
– Nursing facility owner convicted of billing fraud, testimony of HHS special agent (N.D. Cal.), 431
– Pain management clinic operator, sentencing (E.D. Tex.), 17
– Patient recruitment scheme, clinic operator sentenced (E.D. Mich.), 601
– Physical therapy, rehabilitation facilities billing fraud

– – Clinic officers convicted (E.D. Mich.), 502; sentencing, 931
– – Doctor guilty verdict (E.D. Mich.), 212; sentencing, 599
– – Owner sentencing (E.D. Mich.), 290
– – Therapist sentencing (E.D. Mich.), 256; second therapist sentenced, 434

– Podiatrist sentenced for billing fraud (S.D. Tex.), 435
– Prevention of fraudulent payments

– – DOJ and HHS focus on, 639
– – Predictive modeling tools will be used by CMS, 941

– Psychiatrist pleads guilty to lying to FBI about billing practices (E.D. Mo.), 729
– Schools offering compliance training to medical students, HHS inspector general report, 739
– Services never performed on patients at clinic, indictment (E.D. Cal.), 386
– Specialty hospital CEO and registered nurse, billing for services not provided (E.D. Tex.), 96
– Strike force operations

– – Data analysis, use in fighting fraud, House hearing, 188
– – Indictments unsealed, 521

– Submitting claims for dead patients, charges against clinic owners (Cal. Super. Ct.), 169
– Surgeon charged with billing fraud (E.D.N.Y.), 692

MEETINGS

See CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS

MENS REA

– Trading with Iran in violation of embargo, knowledge of licensing requirements (9th Cir.), 359

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS

– Cross-border deals, FCPA application, 264
– Insider trading

– – Earnings and acquisition pre-announcement, private equity fund CFO guilty plea (N.D. Cal.), 287
– – Pending acquisitions, investment banker and tippee, civil and criminal charges (S.D.N.Y.), 207; guilty plea, 927

MILITARY SERVICE

See ARMED SERVICES

MINNESOTA

– Attorneys, mining of metadata in electronic documents (Minn. Op.), 333

MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS

– Ponzi schemes

See PONZI SCHEMES

MISSOURI

– Freedom of speech, lawyer contempt conviction for accusatory statements about judge in pleading (Mo.), 358
– Medicaid fraud, insurance broker receives record state sentence (Mo. Cir. Ct.), 433
– Safe Drinking Water Act, mayor and public works superintendent, indictment (W.D. Mo.), 279; guilty plea, 598

MONEY LAUNDERING

– Aiding and abetting, advice re evading reporting requirements (6th Cir.), 258
– Attorney charged for aiding in financial fraud scheme (S.D.N.Y.), 919
– Bribery proceeds

– – Foreign officials' liability, BNA Insights, 446
– – Haitian official sentenced (S.D. Fla.), 433; businessman sentenced, 565

– Cash transfers made during scheme are “proceeds” (9th Cir.), 894
– DeLay (R-Tex) convicted (Tex. Dist. Ct.), 842
– Durable medical equipment firm owners, billing scheme, indictments (W.D. Tex.), 98
– False files and billing for services not provided, doctor guilty verdict (E.D. Mich.), 212; sentencing, 599
– FinCEN and law enforcement agencies, collaboration, GAO report, 334
– Fraudulent eBay ads, international scheme, guilty plea (D.D.C.), 352
– HSBC Bank agrees to improve internal controls, 736
– Medicaid fraud proceeds, chiropractor convicted (8th Cir.), 632
– Ponzi schemes

– – Definition of “proceeds” (5th Cir.), 604
– – Investment adviser indicted (E.D. Pa.), 243
– – 1031 exchange Ponzi scheme, Vesta Strategies owners, not guilty pleas (N.D. Cal.), 34

– Proceeds from internet gambling operations

– – Gaming site agent, indictment (D. Mass.), 348
– – Payment processing firm operator guilty plea (S.D.N.Y.), 351

– Restitution, co-conspirator who is also victim cannot recover (9th Cir.), 810
– Suspicious activity reports

– – Electronic filing, FinCEN notice, 773
– – Unauthorized disclosure of reports, FinCEN advisory, 857

– Transaction money laundering, scope of federal statute (6th Cir.), 569
– Unlicensed money transmitting businesses (2d Cir.), 703
– Uruguay and U.S. agreement to combat, 774
– Wachovia failure to establish program to combat, deferred-prosecution settlement (S.D. Fla.), 224

MORTGAGE FRAUD

– Abacus subprime mortgage-related transactions, Goldman Sachs cooperation with DOJ data requests, 314
– Bank employees and real estate agents, indictments (N.D. Cal.), 277
– Chairman of private lending firm indicted (E.D. Va.), 424
– Evolving nature of schemes discussed at enforcement summit, 706
– Federal and state officials, joint effort to combat, indictments (S.D.N.Y.), 7; largest takedown announced, 463
– Foreclosures

– – Law firms subpoenaed for alleged improper practices, 608
– – Robosigning, investigations planned by Senate and multistate task force, 738

– Increase in incidents reported, FinCEN data, 116
– Loan modification scheme, charges against lawyer (Cal. Super. Ct.), 64; 110 charges dropped, 8 remain, 210
– Sentencing, calculation of investor “loss” (2d Cir.), 893
– Wire fraud, filing of fraudulent applications (10th Cir.), 572

MOTOR VEHICLES

– Ambulance services, Medicare billing fraud

– – Conviction of company worker (W.D. Va.), 502
– – Owner of firm sentenced (N.D. Tex.), 730
– – Sentencing of company owners (S.D. Tex.), 568

– Driver's licenses, alteration of Social Security card to obtain (1st Cir.), 475
– Ponzi schemes, high-interest car loans, indictment (M.D. Fla.), 836
– School bus companies, transit union leader bribes, indictment (S.D.N.Y.), 171; guilty plea, 564
– Staged automobile accidents, chiropractic clinic owner sentenced for false insurance claims (D.N.J.), 850
– Trademark counterfeiting, Ford auto parts, conviction upheld (N.Y.), 853