CEO Sentenced for $150 Million Health Care Fraud and Money Laundering Scheme
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The CEO of a Texas-based group of hospice and home health entities was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for falsely telling thousands of patients with long-term incurable diseases they had less than six months to live in order to enroll the patients in hospice programs for which they were otherwise unqualified, thereby increasing revenue to the company.
Henry McInnis, 50, of Harlingen, Texas was convicted by a federal jury in Brownsville, Texas, in November 2019 of one count each of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, obstruction of justice, as well as six counts of health care fraud.
Businessman Charged in Scheme to Hoard Personal Protective Equipment and Price Gouge Health Care Providers Details Written by IVN
Jackson, Mississippi - A Mississippi businessman was charged with defrauding the United States and other health care providers in a $1.8 million scheme related to acquiring and hoarding personal protective equipment (PPE) and price gouging health care providers, including numerous U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals in critical need of PPE.
Nicholas L. McQuaid, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, Darren J. LaMarca, Acting U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of Mississippi, Michelle A. Sutphin, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Jackson, Mississippi Field Office, Jeffrey A. Breen, Special Agent in Charge of the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) South Central Field Office, and Jack Stanton, Acting Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs En
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Ocean Springs businessman hit with federal indictment for conspiracy, fraud involving PPE
Updated Jan 27, 2021;
GULFPORT, Mississippi Ocean Springs businessman Ken Ritchey has been indicted by a federal grand jury with multiple counts related to the hoarding of personal protective equipment and price gouging health care providers.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Ritchey was at the center of a $1.8 million scheme which included price gouging numerous U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals.
The justice department said Ritchey, 57, was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to commit hoarding of designated scarce materials and hoarding of designated scarce materials.
Tricare fraud ‘mastermind’ sentenced to 18 years in prison Pharmacy owner sentenced for role in Tricare fraud. (Image by serggn) A Mississippi man described as the “mastermind of the largest health care fraud scheme” in that state’s history has been sentenced to 18 years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $350 million in connection to his role in a scheme to defraud Tricare, Justice officials said. Wade Ashley Walters, 54, of Hattiesburg, Miss., who earlier pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering, was sentenced Jan. 15 in federal court in Mississippi, according to an announcement from the Justice Department. He is co-owner of numerous pharmaceutical distributors and compounding pharmacies companies that make individualized medications for people.