Priest accused of stealing $535,000 from retirement home bank account
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Lois A. Bowers
Apr 06, 2017
A Roman Catholic priest who was responsible for overseeing an Archdiocese of Philadelphia retirement home bank account was charged with four counts of wire fraud on Wednesday for allegedly diverting more...
Man used senior living residents’ identities in $1.5 million COVID-19 relief fraud scheme, DOJ says
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Mar 25, 2021
A Florida man is facing the potential of more than 30 years in prison after being indicted for COVID-19 relief fraud for allegedly using the identities of senior living residents to obtain more than $1.5...
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Jun 06, 2017
Mexico emerges as lower-cost senior living option … Healthcare sector adds 24,300 jobs in May … ONC boss calls for single health record … Feds see drop in fraud recoveries … Democrats...
Man indicted in $27M ransomware fraud case affecting Maryland senior living provider
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 02, 2021
The Department of Justice last week announced a coordinated international law enforcement action against hackers who defrauded a Maryland senior living provider, among other victims, of more than $27 million.
Man sentenced to 7 years in prison for $20 million scams against older adults
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 13, 2018
A Las Vegas resident has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison and ordered to pay $2.8 million in restitution after pleading guilty to running prize promotion scams that defrauded thousands...
$1.8 million healthcare scam defrauded senior living residents, Justice Department says
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jul 01, 2020
An Omaha, NE, man was sentenced to 46 months in prison for using the personal information of senior living residents in several states to defraud Medicare and state Medicaid agencies out of thousands of...
Attorneys general launch national effort to crack down on elder abuse
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Lois A. Bowers
Aug 22, 2017
Over the next year, a new initiative will see state attorneys general across the country focusing on strengthening efforts to fight elder abuse, neglect and exploitation in senior living communities and...
Senior living developer avoids EB-5 ban, receivership
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Lois A. Bowers
Sep 07, 2017
A Chicago-based senior living developer avoided being barred from the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program, and his companies are not going into receivership, after a federal judge on Tuesday denied a request...
President’s clemency order in $205 million case sends message that assisted living fraud is OK, former...
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Lois A. Bowers
Mar 19, 2020
President Trump’s commutation of the 35-year prison sentence of a woman convicted of orchestrating a $205 million Medicare fraud scheme that involved assisted living facility owners and operators “may...
Philip Esformes appealing $43 million in penalties stemming from fraud conviction
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jan 06, 2021
Former assisted living and skilled nursing facility owner Philip Esformes may have had his 20-year prison sentence for his role in “the largest healthcare fraud scheme charged by the U.S. Justice Department”...