A Seattle physician has been charged with Medicare fraud. Published reports claim Bruce Chen was falsely billing for visiting patients. While that may sound more like an oversight or paperwork error, the government says some of the patients allegedly seen by Chen were dead while at other times he wasn’t even in the United States. […]
Archives for 2013
Cockroaching – New Trend in Investment Fraud Cases
“Cockroaching” – I must admit until I picked up today’s Wall Street Journal, I wasn’t familiar with term. Although the term was new to me, the underlying practice is unfortunately well known in the world of investment fraud lawyers. Cockroaching refers to the practice of stockbrokers jumping from one troubled brokerage firm to another. The […]
Looking For Former Globe University Students / Workers – False Claims Act Case
We are looking to speak with former students and employees of Globe University. Globe is a for-profit school with locations in Wisconsin (Appleton, Madison, Wausau, Eau Claire, Green Bay & La Crosse), Minnesota (Minneapolis, Woodbury & Moorhead) and South Dakota (Sioux Falls). Globe also operates an online degree program. Presently we are investigating possible violations […]
Whistleblower Case Leads to Settlement, Class Action Suit
Five students have filed a class action lawsuit against for profit Globe University after an earlier whistleblower case resulted in a $395,000 judgment against the school. The students claim the university misleads prospective students and lies about job placement rates. Earlier this summer, a former dean of the school, Heidi Weber, won a $395,000 judgment after […]
CPA Disbarred For Stealing… From His Daughter – Accounting Malpractice
Like all professions, accountants have a few bad apples in their ranks. Everyone makes mistakes now and then and when a CPA makes an error, it’s called Accounting Malpractice. Sometimes the errors involve a missed deadline. Sometimes professionals fail to keep up with changes in the law (after all, there are only 73,608 pages of […]
Whistleblower Receives $14 Million from SEC
The government may be shut down for a few days but one lucky whistleblower will soon be receiving a check for $14,000,000.00 according to the SEC. Although the whistleblower chose to remain anonymous, we do know that his or her information helped the government recover tens of millions of dollars on behalf of defrauded investors. […]
Israeli Tax Cop Indicted for Fraud, Theft
We normally don’t write stories about corrupt cops. But when the cop is a lead investigator in the Israeli Tax Authority and the Israeli Police, we take notice. When we learn that he allegedly targeted the victims of cases he was assigned, we really take notice. The Times of Israel reported earlier this summer that […]
Tired Old Boys’ Clubs — A Lesson on How the Eras End
[Ed. Note: The following is reprinted with permission from Re:Balance, a blog published by Attorney Jim Peterson. Jim’s views on the Big Four accounting firms seem to be very much in line with ours. Enjoy!] Tired Old Boys’ Clubs — A Lesson on How the Eras End by Jim Peterson, Esq.Can a long-vibrant institution be […]
Texas Man Gets 40 Years In Senior Fraud Case
Robert J. Mangiafico Jr. of Allen, Texas may be a very old man when he gets out of prison. Judge Benjamin Smith in Collin County Texas sentenced him to forty (40) years after he pleaded guilty to defrauding several elderly women out of their life savings. Prosecutors say that Mangiafico’s senior fraud involved a phony […]
Feds Take Ambulance Company Owners For A Ride – Health Care Fraud
Earlier this month, a federal judge in Philadelphia sentenced Aleksandr N. Zagorodny, 40, to 78 months in prison for a health care fraud scheme involving MedEx Ambulance, Inc. He was the former president of the business. His brother, Sergey Zagorodny, 36, was sentenced to 5 years in prison for his involvement in the health care […]
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