Former American Senior Communities vendor sentenced in fraud case
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 11, 2018
The fifth and last defendant was sentenced Tuesday for his role in the $19.4 million fraud, kickback and money-laundering scheme that previously led to prison terms for four others associated with American...
Two more sentenced in American Senior Communities fraud scheme
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jul 10, 2018
Two more defendants were sentenced Monday for their roles in a $19.4 million fraud, kickback and money-laundering scheme that previously led to prison terms for two former American Senior Communities executives.
Theft charges could lead to decades in prison, $1.5 million in fines for former assisted living business...
By
Lois A. Bowers
Mar 23, 2018
The former business manager of a Morristown, NJ, assisted living community faces the potential of decades in prison and up to $1.5 million in fines if found guilty of charges related to the theft of approximately...
Record-setting elder fraud sweep nets defendants who stole more than $500 million
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 23, 2018
Charges against more than 250 defendants who allegedly stole more than $500 million from more than a million Americans were announced Thursday in an effort that the Justice Department described as “the...
Justice Department healthcare fraud recoveries top $2.4 billion in FY 2017
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 02, 2018
Settlements with Life Care Centers of America and eClinicalWorks marked two of the largest healthcare fraud-related recoveries by the federal government in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, the Justice...
Senior living developer avoids EB-5 ban, receivership
By
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...
ID theft gets assisted living manager 52 months in federal prison
By
Lois A. Bowers
Aug 28, 2017
The former manager of an assisted living facility in Maryland has been sentenced to 52 months in federal prison and three years of supervised release after admitting to obtaining credit cards in the names...
Attorneys general seek to expand search for Medicaid abuse and neglect cases
By
Lois A. Bowers
May 11, 2017
Thirty-eight attorneys general asked Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, M.D., Wednesday for a policy change that would allow them to investigate and prosecute a wider range of abuse and neglect...
Assisted living owner pleads guilty in $3.6 million mortgage fraud case
By
Lois A. Bowers
Feb 11, 2021
The owner of an assisted living facility in Texas pleaded guilty Wednesday to defrauding the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and has agreed to pay restitution, the Department of Justice...
5 ways to help residents avoid becoming targets of elder financial abuse
By
Kerry Burnight, Ph.D.
Feb 07, 2019
Tax season is upon us, and it’s important to know what the biggest scams are, so we recognize and prevent these heinous crimes.