Federal prosecutors charged a Kinnelon woman with health care fraud Friday, alleging that she received $10 million in fraudulent reimbursement payments over a span of seven years. Aysha Khan, 33, controlled and operated specialty pharmacies in New Jersey, New York, Florida and Texas, U.S. Attorney Philip Sellinger said in a press release.
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SAUGERTIES, N.Y.— A Saugerties man is facing felony and misdemeanor charges after intentionally setting his car on fire, state police said Tuesday. At about 11:20 p.m. he received a call from Kingston police telling him that his car was found on fire in Hasbrouck Park in Kingston. Duryea was arraigned on the felony charges in Saugerties Town Court and released…
SPRINGDALE, Ark— A Northwest Arkansas psychiatrist has another false imprisonment lawsuit filed against him all while he is being investigated for Medicaid fraud. Psychiatrist Dr. Brian Hyatt now 5 NEWS told you about the first false imprisonment lawsuit earlier in March. Hyatt's contract with Northwest Health was terminated by the hospital in May of 2022.
A New Jersey doctor has admitted to writing fraudulent prescriptions for which he received about $5 million in insurance payments, U.S. Attorney Vikas Khanna said. Vincent Tornari, 49, of Linwood, a pharmaceutical sales representative, pleaded guilty earlier this month and Ashley Lyons-Valenti, 66, of Swedesboro, a former advanced nurse practitioner,…
Todd Richardson, Director of MO HealthNet, Kim Evans, Director of Family Support Division, and Robert Knodell, acting director of Department of Social Services, present to the media in Jefferson City on March 28 about upcoming Medicaid renewals. (Clara Bates/Missouri Independent)As a pandemic policy expires and Missouri begins rechecking eligibility of around 1.6 million people on…
Kimberly Phelps, left, and her husband, Christopher, face charges in a dangerous fake car crash insurance fraud scheme. (California Department of Insurance) A Southern California couple faces charges after authorities say they had been posting dashcam videos of traffic crashes and road rages, including with their child in the car, to YouTube in a dangerous insurance fraud scam….
As Florida strives to address the issues that led to its current property/casualty insurance crisis, another hurricane-prone coastal state, Louisiana, is navigating its own insurance troubles. The Louisiana property insurance market has been deteriorating since the state was hit by a record level of hurricane activity during the 2020/2021 seasons, Triple-I says in a new Issues…
Mar. 28— Federal regulators found "deficiencies" in Silicon Valley Bank's liquidity risk management in late 2021, the vice chair of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors told lawmakers Tuesday. Senators were hearing Tuesday morning from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chairman, Federal Reserve vice chair and a Treasury Department official on the…
ROLLING FORK, Miss.— Cleanup is underway in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, after an EF-4 tornado packing winds of 166 miles per hour or more all but leveled the town Friday night. In the tight-knit Sharkey County community, 13 people were killed but many survived and are giving thanks. Georgia Russell, her son, and her three great-grandchildren survived Friday's…
U.S. lawmakers are considering changes to entitlement programs in the states, with some saying the country should raise the full retirement age.
Under the proposal, the funds would be earmarked exclusively for financing education, purchasing housing, opening a business or financing retirement.
Do you experience sticker shock when you're at a pharmacy to fill prescriptions? "High drug costs affect everyone, but they have a disproportionate impact on seniors, both because they have a greater need for them and because Medicare doesn't cover all their drug expenses," says Timothy Lash, president of West Health, a nonprofit group focused on aging and health…
SAN JOSE, Calif.— Over the past half-century, new housing has spread into ever more far-flung parts of California– from luxury estates perched on remote hillsides to tightly packed subdivisions stretched over rural flatlands. And as destructive natural disasters have become more frequent in recent years, state and local officials have felt increasing…
Aiden Pleterski, the self-proclaimed Canadian "Crypto King," who allegedly scammed approximately $41 million of investors' funds, revealed the recently confidential details of his kidnap, torture and ransom – a familiar story of fraud and its harrowing consequences. Ontario court documents filed earlier this month revealed the details of how the 24-year-old Canadian "Crypto King"…
Court documents circling online have brought to light a harrowing ordeal experienced by self-proclaimed Canadian ‘Crypto King’ Aiden Pleterski, who was allegedly kidnapped, tortured and held to ransom by disgruntled investors of his fraudulent crypto investment scheme. An account provided by his father Dragan Pleterski described the kidnapping during bankruptcy proceedings…
Kirchner, 35, has since been fired from the heavily-backed startup and charged with fraud by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice for allegedly stealing company funds for personal use, including the jet. Of the $67 million the company collected from Goldman Sachs and other investors in 2020 and 2021, Kirchner stole $28…
It marks the latest development in a case in which FINRA fined Oppenheimer& Co., the advisor’ s former employer, $35 million.. John J. Woods, the former president of Southport Capital and the manager of Horizon Private Equity III, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud in Georgia federal court last week, according to the Justice Department. Though SEC and DOJ filings…
The labor market continues to defy Federal Reserve attempts to cool hiring, with U.S. applications for unemployment benefits down again last week and remaining at historically low levels. Jobless claims in the U.S. for the week ending March 18 fell by 1,000 to 191,000 from the previous week, the Labor Department said Thursday. On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve…
In Europe, as an emergency measure to ensure financial stability, UBS Group AG, one of the most important Swiss banks, had to acquire its rival, Credit Suisse, for more than US $3 billion. The main institutions in the United States, such as the Federal Reserve, the US Treasury and the FDIC, have implemented measures to guarantee the safekeeping of deposits.
