June 30, 2023
A Brooklyn federal judge has denied a doctor's request that the government pay her attorney fees after she was acquitted of participating in an $85 million Medicare fraud scheme, finding the government did not act frivolously or in bad faith by pressing charges and taking her to trial.
August 15, 2022
A doctor who was acquitted of participating in an $85 million Medicare fraud scheme in June has requested that prosecutors cover her legal expenses, claiming they knew she had no knowledge of the scheme but arrested and prosecuted her anyway.
June 14, 2022
A Brooklyn jury has acquitted three health care providers of all federal charges accusing them of fraudulently billing Medicare for about $85 million, taking two hours to reach the verdicts after a three-week trial.