Tag: healthcare fraud
Marisol Rodriguez, Medicaid Fraud, Connecticut 2023
⏱ 2 min read Marisol Rodriguez, a 49-year-old Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), defrauded Connecticut’s Medicaid program by submitting fraudulent claims for medication management services that were never provided. The scheme, which took place in Connecticut, involved Rodriguez billing Medicaid for services she never rendered, including to patients who had stopped seeing her, were hospitalized,…
Mark Marriott, Wire Fraud and Money Laundering, Pennsylvania 2026
⏱ 2 min read Mark Marriott, a former facilities manager for Primary Health Network (PHN), a non-profit medical organization in Sharon, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for his role in a massive fraud scheme. Along with two co-conspirators, including former CEOs Drew Pierce and Jack Laeng, Marriott conspired to commit wire…
Natasha Allmon, Healthcare Scam, Oklahoma 2021
⏱ 2 min read A Oklahoma City woman orchestrated a brazen healthcare scam, raking in almost $1.1 million from Blue Cross Blue Shield for fake therapy sessions. Natasha Allmon, 49, submitted thousands of phony claims, often claiming to treat family members for hours on end. Court records show she’d claim to see patients nearly every…
James Robert Johnson, Medicare Fraud, Virginia 2020
⏱ 2 min read Tri-Area Community Health, a Federally Qualified Health Center in Roanoke, VA, has been caught bilking Medicare out of $513,000. For nearly four years, the clinic faked doctor’s supervision on Annual Wellness Visits, raking in the cash for phony medical exams. Between August 2022 and December 2025, pharmacists at the clinic performed…
Adam Brosius, Healthcare Fraud and Kickback Scheme, New Jersey 2016
⏱ 3 min read A sleazy scheme to bilk Medicare and private insurance for $33 million has landed a former pharmacy president in the slammer for two years. Adam Brosius, 61, of Delray Beach, Florida, masterminded the racket from his perch as director of business development and later president of Main Avenue Pharmacy in Clifton,…
Ali Rashan, COVID-19 Insurance Fraud, New York 2021
⏱ 3 min read A New York City doctor’s $24 million COVID-19 insurance scam has been exposed. Ali Rashan, 47, a medical doctor and CEO of ClearMD LLC, has pleaded guilty to running a widespread scheme to defraud healthcare benefit programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, between 2021 and 2023. Rashan’s scam targeted insurance providers, causing…
Alexandria Williams, Medicare Fraud, Massachusetts 2018
⏱ 2 min read A Massachusetts-based doctor is facing heat over a lucrative scheme to bilk Medicare out of hundreds of thousands of dollars for unnecessary orthotics. Dr. Alexandria Williams, a licensed physician in Massachusetts, allegedly signed orders for medically unnecessary braces for Medicare beneficiaries she never examined and who often didn’t want or need…
Dr. Michael Johnson, Medicare False Claims, Wisconsin 2022
⏱ 2 min read An Appleton clinic and its principal doctor, Dr. Michael Johnson, are facing the music after bilking Medicare for over $380,000. Apple Medical Clinic offered a lucrative treatment package that included electric muscle stimulation, vitamin injections, and other fancy-sounding services – but none of it was medically necessary. In fact, the combined…
Felipe Ruiz, Healthcare Fraud, California 2020
⏱ 2 min read A Fresno podiatrist and a pharmaceutical sales rep conspired to commit $3.2 million in healthcare fraud, sentencing them to 63 months in prison. Felipe Ruiz, 52, and Jose Gabriel Aguirre, 53, allowed an unlicensed person to perform skin grafts on vulnerable Medicare beneficiaries. The scam involved debridement, a procedure that requires…
Robert Tassin, Medicare Healthcare Fraud, Louisiana 2018
⏱ 3 min read A Slidell doctor got 3 years in a healthcare fraud scheme that bilked Medicare out of $6.6 million. Robert Tassin, 67, orchestrated the scam by ordering unnecessary cancer tests for patients he never met. Tassin worked with telemedicine companies, signing orders for genetic tests in exchange for a $30 fee per…
