All articles tagged with #medical fraud
A 29-year-old woman in Florida treated approximately 4,500 patients over seven months at a hospital by forging her nursing credentials, which led to her arrest for practicing without a license and using fraudulent identification. She had never passed the licensing exam and used another nurse’s license number, posing serious concerns about patient safety and trust in healthcare.
A woman in Florida, Autumn Bardisa, was arrested for posing as a licensed nurse and treating over 4,400 patients without a license, after falsely claiming to have passed her exams and using a stolen license. She was held on a $70,000 bond and faces multiple charges of practicing without a license and fraudulent use of personal identification.
A Pennsylvania woman, Shannon Nicole Womack, was arrested for impersonating nurses using around 20 aliases and multiple Social Security numbers, securing nursing jobs fraudulently across several states since 2020, and endangering patient welfare. She faces multiple charges including identity theft, forgery, and falsely claiming to hold a medical license.
Two Oklahoma doctors, Ladd Clayton Atkins and Alexander Frank, are among 324 defendants in a massive DOJ investigation into healthcare fraud, with allegations including illegal drug distribution and fraudulent Medicare claims totaling $14.6 billion nationwide, leading to asset seizures of $245 million.
The FBI announced the largest healthcare fraud in US history, involving nearly $15 billion in losses, with 324 defendants charged, including medical professionals, and the seizure of $245 million, highlighting extensive transnational schemes and false claims across all 50 states.
A self-proclaimed "tumour research institute" in China is being investigated after a woman revealed how her mother, diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer, was deceived into paying 200,000 yuan for treatments that included bloodletting and applying cement to her skin. The woman's mother died in April, and the doctor, surnamed Yu, later admitted to having no medical qualifications and selling health-enhancing products. The certificates and documents he presented were purchased online. Authorities are currently investigating the case.