November 13, 2019
The judge overseeing the health care fraud case against convicted nursing home mogul Philip Esformes declined Wednesday to rule on his request to access frozen assets to cover millions of dollars in unpaid legal bills but set the stage for a colleague to address a brewing battle with the government over the issue.
September 12, 2019
Miami nursing home mogul Philip Esformes was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for his conviction in what the U.S. Department of Justice has billed as the largest health care fraud case it has ever prosecuted.
September 10, 2019
Prosecutors asked a Florida federal judge Tuesday to send Philip Esformes to prison for at least 30 years and order him to pay over $207 million in restitution, arguing ahead of his sentencing that the convicted nursing home mogul's disrespect for the law "shows no bounds."
September 06, 2019
The federal government requested a $38.7 million forfeiture money judgment Friday in connection with Miami-area nursing home mogul Philip Esformes' conviction earlier this year on money laundering charges.
August 12, 2019
A Florida federal judge left the door open Monday for a lifelong prison term for convicted nursing home mogul Philip Esformes, siding with the government over a key issue on how he will calculate the sentencing guidelines.
July 17, 2019
A Florida federal judge on Wednesday set a September sentencing date for Miami nursing home mogul Philip Esformes, who was convicted on charges of kickbacks, money laundering, bribery and obstruction of justice related to an alleged $450 million health care fraud scheme.
July 02, 2019
A Florida federal judge has rejected convicted nursing home mogul Philip Esformes' bid to overturn a verdict ordering him to forfeit his interests in operating companies for seven Miami-area facilities after his conviction for money laundering.
June 25, 2019
Nursing home mogul and convicted fraudster Philip Esformes said Tuesday that a Florida federal court should overturn a verdict ordering him to forfeit his interests in operating companies for seven Miami-area facilities after his conviction for money laundering, arguing the law does not allow for that result.
May 17, 2019
Nursing home mogul and convicted fraudster Philip Esformes has urged a Florida federal judge to grant him a new trial, arguing that the prosecution infringed his due process rights by using hollow charges of Medicare violations to influence the jury with weeks of evidence about unhappy patients at his facilities.
April 10, 2019
A Florida federal judge sentenced a former physician assistant Wednesday to six and a half years in prison for his role in the massive health care fraud scheme that last week led to the conviction of Miami nursing home mogul Philip Esformes.