USA v. Cooper et al

  1. December 20, 2022

    Texas Man Resentenced To 12 Years For Tricare Fraud

    A Texas businessman found guilty in a $100 million scheme to defraud the U.S. military's health program was resentenced to 12 years in prison by a federal judge after the Fifth Circuit reversed one of his convictions in the case, according to a sentencing order entered Tuesday.

  2. June 23, 2022

    5th Circ. Reverses Businessman's Kickback Conviction

    The Fifth Circuit has reversed a businessman's conviction for paying illegal kickbacks, but affirmed he was rightly found guilty of conspiring to defraud a federal health care program out of tens of millions of dollars.

  3. March 10, 2021

    2 Texas Doctors Agree To Plead Guilty In Tricare Fraud Case

    Two doctors charged in an alleged $100 million Tricare fraud scheme agreed to plead guilty to charges of misusing a health identifier to write prescriptions and agreed to pay a total of $851,000 in restitution to the Defense Health Agency, according to court documents filed Wednesday.

  4. January 08, 2020

    MD In Tricare Fraud Case Wants Conspiracy Charge Nixed

    One of 13 defendants who went to trial last year over an alleged $100 million Tricare fraud scheme has asked a Texas federal judge to grant him acquittal after a jury deadlocked on the conspiracy charge against him.

  5. January 03, 2020

    After Jury Deadlock, Doc Wants Kickback Charges Tossed

    A doctor cleared by a Texas federal jury of conspiracy to commit health care fraud has asked the court to acquit him of receiving kickbacks, four counts the jury deadlocked on in a case prosecutors presented as a $100 million scheme to defraud Tricare.

  6. October 14, 2016

    2 Docs, 8 Others Charged In $100M Tricare Fraud Scheme

    Ten men, including two doctors, have been charged with conspiracy to defraud the Tricare military health program through a $100 million scheme involving compounded medications and pharmacy kickbacks, according to an indictment unsealed Friday.