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24 September 2020

Grand jury indicts Kanawha County woman in alleged fraud scheme

A Kanawha County woman has been indicted for creating what prosecutor’s allege was an elaborate fraud scheme. Holly Urlahs, also known...

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24 September 2020

FinCEN warns of scams relating to PPE and other medical goods during COVID-19 pandemic

Highlights In struggling to address the evolving COVID-19 pandemic, the United States and many other countries continue to face major shortages...

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24 September 2020

Palm Beach County doctor charged in $681M substance abuse treatment fraud scheme

A 46-year-old doctor was arrested and charged with conspiring to commit health care fraud and wire fraud for his alleged participation...

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24 September 2020

COVID-19 fuels growth of telemedicine — Scams coming

COVID-19 is spurring more consumers to seek the safety and convenience of distance healing by telemedicine, yet consumers must stay alert...

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24 September 2020

New Yorker bills $8.8M for fake compound scripts

A 38-year-old Phillipsburg woman has admitted her role in an insurance fraud scheme that bilked public and private health plans out...

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24 September 2020

5 sentenced for $30M compound cream con in Tennessee

Five people charged in a national scheme to defraud the government and insurance companies out of $30 million, including $950,000 from...

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24 September 2020

New York insurers warn consumers about telemed cons

The New York Alliance Against Insurance Fraud warns quarantined residents to watch out for telemedicine-related scams. Since most people are staying...

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24 September 2020

Insurer chief in Florida allegedly sold masks at inflated prices

The chairman of the board of governors of Citizens Property Insurance, the state-owned insurer of last resort, obtained millions of dollars...

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24 September 2020

Mississippi pharma at center of $500M compound med con

The co-owner of a Lamar County pharmacy in the middle of a long-running scam that cost health-insurance providers millions of dollars...

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24 September 2020

Bogus doc sells silver-based COVID-19 cure in Utah

Utah resident Gordon H. Pedersen has been indicted for posing as a medical doctor to sell a baseless treatment for coronavirus...

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