USA v. Gillman et al
Case Number:
1:14-cr-00033
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Nature of Suit:
Firms
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March 06, 2018
Fraud Conviction Stands Despite Lack Of Trial ID: 7th Circ.
The Seventh Circuit on Monday ruled that an Illinois federal court did not err when it allowed a jury to convict a woman of health care fraud and enhanced her sentence without asking any of the witnesses in the trial to identify her in the courtroom.
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June 19, 2017
Nursing Supervisor Gets 1.5 Years For Role In $20M Fraud
A former supervisor of nursing assistants at an Illinois-based hospice will spend 20 months behind bars for her role in a $20 million Medicare fraud scheme and was ordered Monday to pay $1.67 million by a federal judge who said she committed perjury during her trial.
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March 21, 2017
Administrator Gets Over 2 Years For $20M Hospice Fraud
An administrator who served as the second-in-command at a now-defunct Illinois hospice chain was sentenced to more than two years in prison Tuesday for her role in a multiyear fraud that cost Medicare $20 million.
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March 14, 2017
Feds Seek 5-Year Sentence For Hospice Admin In $20M Fraud
Federal prosecutors on Monday asked an Illinois federal judge to sentence the former administrator of a now-defunct hospice company to five years in prison for her role in a fraud scheme that cost Medicare $20 million, while the woman's lawyer pushed for a year and a half.
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March 07, 2017
Hospice Co. Owner Gets 6.5 Years For Medicare Fraud
The owner of a now-defunct hospice company was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison Tuesday for running a yearslong scheme that defrauded Medicare out of $9 million in reimbursements for unnecessary care.
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February 14, 2017
Hospice Owner Seeks Light Sentence For $9M Medicare Fraud
The former owner of a hospice care center who pled guilty to involvement in a $9 million Medicare fraud scheme asked an Illinois federal judge Monday for the lightest allowable sentence, presumably much less than the 10 years the government wants him to spend behind bars.
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June 10, 2016
Feds Fight New Trial Bid In $9.5M Health Care Fraud Suit
The U.S. government fired back in Illinois federal court Thursday at a bid for a new trial by a nursing assistant convicted in a $9.5 million Medicare fraud scheme, saying it doesn't matter that no witness directly identified her in court.
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March 09, 2016
Hospice Aide Found Guilty In $9.5M Health Care Fraud
A nursing assistant became the final Passages Hospice LLC employee to be convicted over a $9.5 million Medicare fraud scheme at the Illinois-based company, after a federal jury returned a guilty verdict Tuesday on all three counts against her.
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February 12, 2016
Hospice Exec, Nursing Director Cop To $9.5M Medicare Scam
The former owner of a hospice care center and its director of nursing pled guilty to fraud charges Friday in Illinois federal court, admitting their roles in a $9.5 million Medicare scheme that involved billing for end-of-life care for people who were not terminally ill.
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February 11, 2016
Ill. Hospice Admin. Pleads Guilty In $9.5M Medicare Fraud
An Illinois hospice administrator on Wednesday pled guilty to taking part in a scheme to alter patient records to justify billing Medicare for expensive care that wasn't given or necessary, leading to $9.5 million in losses.