As regular followers of this blog’s ongoing series on Los Angeles Medicare fraud know, the Federal Government has been stepping up its campaign to bust up Southern California insurance fraud and other white collar crimes – particularly Medicare and Medicaid related schemes. Today, we’ll focus on a major news story…
Last week, 700 FBI and Health and Human Services agents rounded up 111 suspects in nine cities – including five people suspected of Los Angeles Medicare fraud – in the “largest-ever Federal health care fraud takedown” in the United States, according to government officials. The Los Angeles Times reports that…
When you picture Southern California medical, dental, or chiropractic fraud arrests, you might envision a surly doctor conspiring with a criminal cohort to develop sophisticated white collar crime techniques. You might not imagine that eight nurses (between the ages of 32 and 55) would be capable of pulling off a…
On June 7, a Riverside, California man named Rene Montes entered a guilty plea for dozens of counts of Southern California insurance fraud. The California Department of Insurance reported that Montes pled guilty to felony conspiracy, three counts of felony tax evasion, 59 counts of felony insurance fraud and 59…
Last Wednesday, a Federal Judge gave a Pennsylvania doctor, John Kristofic, a year and a day in prison pursuant to a healthcare scam that lasted from 2003 to 2008. Southern California healthcare fraud experts have been poring over Judge Ambrose’s decision to determine whether and how the decision might be…
The Department of Justice emerged victorious on Tuesday in a case against Alan M. Ralsky, the self-titled Godfather of Spam. The 64 year-old Ralsky was sentenced to jail time as well as substantial fines for computer fraud in southern California and elsewhere. The DOJ had argued that Ralsky — in…
Nicholas Cage has long been one of Hollywood’s leading lights. Unfortunately, a combination of overspending and possible Los Angeles embezzlement — along with the collapse of the global markets in 2008 — has beset the A-lister with serious financial problems. Cage will soon face off against his former business manager,…
Prosecutors and top rated defense attorneys faced off in court today over the allegations of sex, lies and screenplays in the David Letterman extortion case. Extortion is a serious crime. A person convicted of this offense will most likely be sent to state prison for many many years. Extortion is…
As we see the beginning of a new President and Vice President for the United States, we will most likely see a new beginning for criminal prosecutions for Los Angeles DUIs and Southern California criminal law. Already the new administration has claimed that there will be a clamp down on…
In a shift from a decade ago, violent crime in Los Angeles has declined for 6 straight years. Police in this Southern California city are thankful in the decrease. Others worry that the decline will reversed due to the failing economy. Los Angeles homicides decreased about 5% from the previous…