Middlesex Rheumatology Physician Admits To Medicaid Fraud By Submitting False Claims Regarding Remicade Drug UseΠCrispin Abarientos, M.D., of Middletown, Connecticut, pleaded guilty to one count of health care fraud in Hartford federal court. According to court statements, Abarientos was a physician that operated out of Middlesex Rheumatology and submitted false claims to...

According to the Wall Street Journal and other news sources, The United StatesTreasury Department has changed how it calculates fines related to sanctions violations, which means larger penalties. The amount of the increases cannot be calculated yet. Treasury will no longer credit many fines paid to other government agencies as part of...

Yesterday I wrote about the CEO of a clothing company who has been charged criminally by the U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York for falsely stating the value of children's clothing imported from China, to evade U.S. customs tariffs. A quick review of recent criminal and civil cases reveals that the...

The United States filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against Mallinckrodt ARD LLC, formerly known as Questcor Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Mallinckrodt”), in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The government alleges that Mallinckrodt violated the False Claims Act by using a foundation to pay illegal kickbacks in...

The Internal Revenue Service awarded more than $312 million to whistleblowers last year. This exceeds the previous record of $125 million awarded in 2012. The 2018 rewards, paid in the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, were for additional collected revenue of $1.4 billion, compared with $191 million in fiscal 2017. And the agency has already...