CHICAGO, Feb 25 (Reuters) – A former municipal banker at
Bear, Stearns & Co, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to fraud
involving hospital financing that is part of a wide-ranging
probe of government corruption in Illinois.
P. Nicholas Hurtgen, who had been set to go on trial in
U.S. District Court next month, pleaded guilty to one count of
aiding and abetting a scheme to defraud Illinois’ health
facilities planning board, which was weighing a proposal Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON — Miguel Tejada stood in front of a federal judge on Wednesday wearing a pair of headphones so he could listen to an interpreter. For over 10 minutes, the interpreter read to Tejada in Spanish the specifics of his plea agreement with federal prosecutors.
It was an unusual scene, a famous shortstop getting language help as he admitted his guilt in a case involving performance-enhancing drugs. But in other respects it fit in with Read the rest of this entry »

SANFORD, Fla. – A woman accused of stealing a baby from a Sanford hospital pleaded guilty on Tuesday.
Jennifer Latham was accused of taking a newborn baby from Central Florida Regional Hospital last March. In April, Latham pleaded not guilty to kidnapping, attempted kidnapping and burglary, but reversed those pleas Tuesday.
Testimony was scheduled to begin on Tuesday, but Latham surprised the court by pleading guilty to all counts.
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February 20, 2009 06:02 pm
A Lindsey man pleaded guilty to embezzling drugs from an Ada pharmacy Friday.
United States Attorney Sheldon J. Sperling said Hugh Edward Work, 32, pleaded guilty to theft or embezzlement in connection with health care and embezzlement or theft from an Indian tribal organization.
Work was employed at a pharmacy owned by the Chickasaw Nation when the crime occurred.
“The indictment alleged that from September Read the rest of this entry »

COSTA MESA, Calif.—A woman who helped recruit patients to undergo unnecessary surgeries as part of a $154 million medical insurance fraud has pleaded guilty to 22 charges.
Sue Nanda, 40, of Costa Mesa, entered her plea Friday in Orange County Superior Court. She is scheduled to be sentenced April 24 where she faces up to 20 years in prison.
Prosecutors said Nanda worked for the now-shuttered Unity Outpatient Surgery Center in Buena Park, Read the rest of this entry »

SEATTLE – A man could face decades behind bars after admitting he stabbed and bludgeoned his parents to death during a drug-fueled rampage in their home.
Vincent W. Housley, 43, pleaded guilty in King County Superior Court to two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of Joe and Karen Housley.
Vincent Houseley went against his lawyer’s advice in pleading guilty to stabbing Joe and Karen Housley in their Kent home and beating them with a wooden Read the rest of this entry »

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Los Angeles hospital CEO has pleaded guilty to two counts of paying for illegal patient referrals in a scheme that billed government programs for unnecessary care given to homeless people.
Dr. Rudra Sabaratnam, who previously ran City of Angels Medical Center, entered his pleas Friday. Each count carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
He also agreed to pay more than $4.1 million in restitution to Read the rest of this entry »

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former hospital executive admitted Friday he paid a man to recruit homeless people for unnecessary medical treatment in a scheme to bilk government health programs out of millions of dollars.
Dr. Rudra Sabaratnam, who ran City of Angels Medical Center, faces up to 10 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to paying a recruiter nearly $500,000 to find Skid Row homeless people with Medi-Cal or Medicare cards and Read the rest of this entry »

Former City of Angels hospital exec Rudra Sabaratnam has pleaded guilty to a scam to defraud Medicare and Medicaid. The scam involved Sabaratnam paying kickbacks for homeless people recruited as patients for City of Angels Medical Center in Los Angeles.The homeless people were paid a small sum to pretend to have illnesses, where they were “treated.”
Co-conspirator Estill Mitts also pleaded guilty.He received kickbacks of nearly $500,000, disguised Read the rest of this entry »

MUSKOGEE, Okla. (AP) — A former pharmacist for Chickasaw Nation Health Services has pleaded guilty to stealing $150,000 worth of drugs from the tribe’s pharmacy.
Hugh Edward Work of Lindsay pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in Muskogee to federal embezzlement charges. A sentencing date has not been set, but the 32-year-old faces up to five years in prison and could be fined up to $250,000.
U.S. Attorney Sheldon J. Sperling said Work Read the rest of this entry »