Source: United States Department of Justice
As alleged, the defendants caused the submission of false and fraudulent claims through the New York State Department of Health, which processed Medicaid reimbursements through systems located in Rensselaer County and transmitted payments through interstate wire communications. The alleged conduct resulted in the fraudulent receipt of at least $4,296,374.02 in Medicaid funds.
Source: United States Department of Justice
Roosevelt Gulley, 42, of Sacramento, was sentenced Monday to four years and six months in prison and ordered to pay $575,425 in restitution for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft related to unemployment insurance fraud during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: United States Department of Justice
Dr. Cline formerly owned and operated Chronic Pain Management (CPM), a cash-pay medical practice in Queensbury, New York focused on prescribing controlled substances. Under the settlement, Dr. Cline and Ms. McKenna are barred for 20 years from applying for or holding a DEA controlled-substances registration.
Source: United States Department of Justice
The charges announced today by First Assistant United States Attorney Sarcone are part of a strategically coordinated, nationwide law enforcement action that resulted in charges against 455 defendants, including 90 doctors and other licensed medical professionals, for their alleged participation in health care fraud and opioid abuse schemes involving over $6.5 billion in false claims and significant patient harm, including death.
Source: United States Department of Justice
SAN DIEGO – A federal grand jury indictment charges a mother and daughter with conspiring to defraud Medicare by billing millions of dollars for wound care services while the mother—the licensed nurse practitioner listed as the provider—was serving time in federal prison. The charges are part of the Department of Justice’s 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown.
Source: United States Department of Justice
ANEL DEL CARMEN ZAPATA POLANCO, also known as Anel Polanco, Anel Zapata Delcarme, and Anel Zapata, 42, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was arrested today on a federal criminal complaint charging him with illegally reentering the United States after being deported.
Source: United States Department of Justice
The superseding indictment alleges that the defendants engaged in a scheme to defraud Medicaid by submitting and causing the submission of claims for transportation services that were not provided, not medically necessary, or improperly inflated. The alleged fraudulent billing included claims for “ghost rides,” claims for trips in which Medicaid recipients were not transported or not seen by medical providers and claims that improperly increased reimbursement by treating group transportation as multiple individual trips.
Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
The Honorable R. Matthew Price, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced criminal charges against four defendants in connection with alleged schemes to defraud government health care benefits programs. The charges filed in federal court are part of the Department of Justice’s 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown.
Source: United States Army
LATHAM, New York — The New York Army National Guard’s 42nd Infantry Division “Rainbow” Band will mark the 250th anniversary of American independence with eight patriotic concerts being held across New York starting on June 25.
The 90-minute concerts by the 23- Soldier band feature patriotic marches like “The Stars and Stripes Forever” and “Over There.”
The band’s smaller groups, “The Bear Mountain Brass” and the “Governor’s Own Brass Quintet” will be playing tunes that reflect American history and culture. These include ‘Star Wars’, the “Revolutionary War Medley,” and ‘Sweet Dreams’.
The concert series kicks off on June 25 with an appearance at the Cortland Waterfront Performance Stage in Verplanck at 7 p.m.
The tour ends with two performances in New York City and one on Long Island.
On July 3, the band will perform at 6:30 p.m. at the Fort Wadsworth-Gateway National Recreation Center on Staten Island prior to the fireworks show.
On the 4th, the band will play on board at the U.S.S. Intrepid Museum at 10 a.m., during the International Naval Review and International Aircraft Review.
Finally, at 6 p.m. on July 4, the band will perform at the Jones Beach Bandshell in Wantagh.
Other appearances are:
June 26, the Schaghticoke Fairground in Schaghticoke at 7:15 p.m.
June 27, the Buffalo Canalside Boardwalk State in Buffalo at 4 p.m.
June 28, the Niagara Falls Visitor Center at 11 a.m.
June 29, the Alphonso Dimino Memorial Bandshell in Academy Park in Lewiston at 7 p.m.
June 30, Music in the Park at the Village Ball Park in Silver Creek at 6 p.m.
The 42nd Infantry Division Band, nicknames the “Rainbow Band” because the 42nd Infantry Division is the “Rainbow Division” was constituted in 1943 when the 42nd Infantry Division was reactivated for World War II. The band can trace its roots back to New York militia bands created in the 19th Century.
The band is based at Camp Smith Training Site in Cortlandt Manor and serves as a musical ambassador for the 42nd Infantry Division and the New York Army National Guard.
The band conducts an annual concert tour, performs at military events, and marches in the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City each year.
The band is commanded and led by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ethan Wagner.
Each member of the band is a trained Soldier. In 2004 and 2005 the band was mobilized and deployed to Tikrit, Iraq, where band members performed security duties when they were not entertaining Soldiers
Source: United States Department of Justice
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and the Commissioner of the New York City Police Department (“NYPD”), Jessica S. Tisch, announced the return of a 10-count Indictment charging ANDREW WILKINSON, a/k/a “Steppa,” with convincing and enticing three minor female victims to engage in unlawful sexual activity with him, filming a sexually explicit video of a 15-year-old girl (“Minor Victim-1”), and drugging and sexually assaulting 17-year-old and 16-year-old girls (“Minor Victim-2” and “Minor Victim-3,” respectively).