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The former New Jersey Net was one of more than dozen people charged in October with defrauding the plan, including notable former NBA players such as Sebastian Telfair, Darius Miles and Glen "Big Baby" Davis. Keywords: 1035176Z; 1070L; ALLTOP; BUSINESS; COS; FIN; GEN; GOV; HEA; INDUSTRIES; INS; LAW; NORTHAM; SPORTS; TOP; US; WORLD; WWTOP; WWTOPAM EN 1035176Z 1070L ALLTOP BUSINESS COS FIN GEN GOV HEA INDUSTRIES INS LAW NORTHAM SPORTS TOP US WORLD WWTOP WWTOPAM RH8CDWT0G1KX Terrence Williams, the 11th overall pick in the 2009 draft, pleaded guilty on Friday before a federal judge in Manhattan to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud as well as aggravated identity theft. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- A California doctor accused of scamming Covid relief programs of more than $150 million lost most of the money with bad options trades, according to the US Justice Department. The case is US v. Dinh, 23-mj-01699, US District Court, Central District of California (Los Angeles) ©2023 Bloomberg L.P. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Former National Basketball Association player Sebastian Telfair pleaded guilty Wednesday to participating in a plan to defraud the league's health care plan. Telfair is among the more notable names of the group, along with Glen "Big Baby" Davis, who won a title with the Celtics in 2008, and Darius Miles, the third overall pick in the 2000 NBA draft. [Extracted from the article]

France recouped €790 million from social contributions fraud, which included illegal employment, and identified €316 million of fraud related to health care reimbursements. (Bloomberg) -- France plans to clamp down harder on tax evasion and social security fraud, after recovering a record €14.6 billion ($15.5 billion) from fiscal irregularities last year, Budget Minister Gabriel Attal said Thursday. [Extracted from the article]

To Republican opponent Diehl, however, Healey is a radical who "represents extreme positions on important issues that are out of step with what most people in Massachusetts want." (Bloomberg) -- As Massachusetts attorney general, Maura Healey has charged into courtroom battles against corporate giants from Exxon Mobil Corp. to Juul Labs Inc. [Extracted from the article]

Palian, who was part of a health care fraud squad at the time, was asked to help guard senators in a building on the Capitol grounds. (Bloomberg) -- Some US senators cried while they were taking shelter from Jan. 6 rioters, an FBI agent who helped guard them testified. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Administrators for NMC Health sued Ernst & Young in the U.K. over claims of negligent auditing spanning six years, escalating an intense battle over the hospital operator's collapse. The lawsuit, which was filed on Thursday, relates to work that EY carried out between 2012 and 2018, according to a spokesperson for the joint administrators, Alvarez and Marsal. [Extracted from the article]

NMC Health was put into administration in 2020 following allegations of fraud at the health care provider. (Bloomberg) -- Administrators for NMC Health sued Ernst & Young in the U.K., escalating a battle over the hospital operator's collapse. [Extracted from the article]

The TSA, which staffs security checkpoints at airports and other transportation hubs, has more than 3,500 employees with active Covid infections. (Bloomberg) -- Passengers at the Phoenix airport had to be funneled into consolidated checkpoints because so many security agents called in sick. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- The White House lawyer tapped to oversee disbursements from a massive U.S. pandemic relief fund is a former seminarian with decades of oversight experience yet still faces questions over whether he'll do President Donald Trump's bidding instead of protecting taxpayers. Political Reasons Danielle Brian, executive director of the Project on Government Oversight that investigates corruption, said Miller was "very good during the Bush administration" at the GSA. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- The White House lawyer tapped to oversee disbursements from a massive U.S. pandemic relief fund is a former seminarian with decades of oversight experience yet still faces questions over whether he'll do President Donald Trump's bidding instead of protecting taxpayers. Political Reasons Danielle Brian, executive director of the Project on Government Oversight that investigates corruption, said Miller was "very good during the Bush administration" at the GSA. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Ten former National Football League players, including former Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis, were charged with cheating an NFL health care program for retired players out of millions of dollars by faking the purchase of expensive medical equipment like hyperbaric oxygen chambers and ultrasound machines. Portis "had no knowledge that his participation in what he believed to be an NFL-sanctioned medical reimbursement insurance program was illegal", his lawyer, Mark Dycio, said. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Ten former National Football League players, including former Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis, were charged with defrauding a health care program run by the league. The charges include conspiracy, wire fraud and health care fraud. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Ten former National Football League players, including former Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis, were charged with cheating an NFL health care program for retired players out of millions of dollars by faking the purchase of expensive medical equipment like hyperbaric oxygen chambers and ultrasound machines. Beyond the dozen players named, one of the indictments included the initials of three players the government says took part in the scheme and who may yet be charged. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- Ten former National Football League players, including former Washington Redskins running back Clinton Portis, were charged with defrauding a health care program run by the league. The charges include conspiracy, wire fraud and health care fraud. [Extracted from the article]

The article reflect the statement of Justice Department and Department of Health and Human Services that 35 defendants associated with dozens of telemedicine companies and cancer genetic testing laboratories had been charged with health-care fraud. It mentions fraud is a major problem for government health programs; and also mentions the genetic-testing capitalize on interest and curiosity in DNA testing to attract seniors, and disabled people covered by government programs to submit to tests.

Candidate says she is uniquely qualified to take on Trump Senator Kamala Harris is increasingly embracing her record as a California prosecutor, seeking to reboot her campaign by portraying herself as a gritty brawler who is uniquely qualified to take on President Donald Trump in 2020. Harris's decision to put her prosecutorial background front-and-center could pay off if Democrats believe that her legal experience will be an asset against Trump and that she will aggressively promote progressive causes. [Extracted from the article]

Sales reps wooed doctor at club for painkiller prescriptions She then spotted Lee, a former stripper, and the physician in an intimate moment, Brown told the jury. Brown, testifying against Insys's former CEO John Kapoor and other former colleagues accused of bribing doctors and lying to insurers to boost sales of Subsys, said she was uncomfortable with Lee's methods. [Extracted from the article]

Jerome Allen linked to fraud case involving Miami businessman Some of the kickbacks Esformes demanded from suppliers were disguised as payments to a basketball coach for Esformes's son, according to a motion filed by prosecutors in the fraud case. [Extracted from the article]

Geoffrey Berman was among 17 lawyers selected as interim U.S. Attorneys by the Trump administration, putting him in position to lead an office that has overseen some of the most significant investigations in the nation's history. The administration selected Craig Carpenito to serve as interim U.S. Attorney in New Jersey, a plum post that Governor Chris Christie held for seven years before resigning to prepare for his gubernatorial bid in 2009. Some of them succeed acting U.S. Attorneys whose 300-day terms expire on Thursday; the acting U.S. Attorneys were appointed after President Donald Trump fired Obama administration holdovers last year. [Extracted from the article]

(Bloomberg) -- When Doctors Ignore Drug Tests for Opioid Patients Doctors also sometimes disagree over what action they should take against patients with "dirty" urine: Some doctors kick out drug abusers, while others argue doing so is unethical and counsel these patients toward substance abuse treatment. [Extracted from the article]

Fishman among 46 prosecutors ordered to resign last week Fishman, 60, secured the Bridgegate convictions of three allies of Governor Chris Christie for creating traffic jams near the George Washington Bridge. Christie called "all this moaning and complaining" by Fishman and Bharara, two of the region's prominent U.S. attorneys, "ridiculous", according to NorthJersey.com. [Extracted from the article]

"IRS CI has a unique position in the government in its ability to investigate core tax cases", Kathryn Keneally, the Justice Department's former top tax prosecutor, said in an interview. Weber lauded the work of his agents, who also examine employment tax fraud, offshore tax evasion and public corruption. [Extracted from the article]

The Justice Department charged three Florida health care executives for allegedly carrying out a $1 billion Medicare scam involving numerous Miami-based medical providers. Attribution Andrew Harris: by reporter Bill Faries: editor responsible John Voskuhl: editor Chris Strohm: by reporter. [Extracted from the article]

Number of people charged climbed from 243 last year: officials "This is an example of how purported health-care providers prey upon and compound the drug addictions of Medicare beneficiaries in order to steal more money from the Medicare program", according to a statement from the Justice Department. [Extracted from the article]