A San Fernando man pleaded guilty on Monday, July 14 to his role in a scheme that defrauded Medicare of almost $16 million, the U.S. Department of Justice said. The defendant, 33-year-old Valley ...

A San Fernando Valley man pleaded guilty Monday to his role in defrauding Medicare of nearly $16 million through sham hospice companies and laundering the illicit proceeds. Juan Carlos Esparza, 33, of ...

On June 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), together with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (“HHS OIG”) and other law enforcement partners, ...

The civil complaint accuses Dr. Shayasta Mufti of violating the False Claims Act. The orders she generated cost Medicare more than $500,000.

The actual budget busters include vendor fraud in health care, tax evasion and corporate financial abuse, writes Charles ...