USA v. Esformes et al

  1. March 15, 2019

    Esformes Paid Man At Center Of College Bribery Scheme

    Miami nursing home owner Philip Esformes sent more than $400,000 to the allegedly fraudulent charity run by William "Rick" Singer, the man at the center of the massive college bribery scandal announced earlier this week, according to a government witness in Esformes' health care fraud trial.

  2. March 14, 2019

    Court Trims Several Counts As Feds Rest In Esformes Trial

    The trial judge trimmed counts for health care fraud, money laundering and conspiring to make a false statement from the massive health care fraud case against Philip Esformes after the government rested its case Thursday, finding prosecutors did not provide sufficient proof to convict the Miami nursing home mogul on those claims.

  3. March 14, 2019

    Evidence Shows Esformes Texted College Bribery Case Figure

    Miami nursing home owner Philip Esformes communicated with William "Rick" Singer, the man at the center of the massive college bribery scandal announced earlier this week, about his son's test scores and chances at an elite college, according to exhibits introduced in Esformes' health care fraud trial.

  4. March 13, 2019

    Medicare Funds Traced To $1.6M Ferrari In Esformes Trial

    A forensic accountant testified Wednesday at the health care fraud trial of Philip Esformes how he traced Medicare and Medicaid funds through the Miami businessman's nursing facility network to payments for expensive luxury items, including a $1.6 million Ferrari.

  5. March 12, 2019

    Esformes' Attys Take On Ex-Penn Coach Over Bribery Claims

    Miami nursing home owner Philip Esformes' attorneys tried Tuesday to poke holes in former University of Pennsylvania men's basketball coach Jerome Allen's story that he accepted bribes to get Esformes' son into Penn, saying the two men's relationship was not merely transactional and pointing to Allen's mentoring of Esformes' son.

  6. March 11, 2019

    Esformes Was Obsessed With Facilities' Census, Feds Say

    The government on Monday painted a picture of nursing home owner Philip Esformes as a micromanager obsessed with patient counts at his facilities, showing jurors in the blockbuster health care fraud trial the daily predawn text messages he'd sent requesting census numbers and venting his concern when they dipped below capacity.

  7. March 08, 2019

    Ex-Penn Coach Says Esformes Paid To Get Son On Team

    Former University of Pennsylvania men's basketball coach Jerome Allen took the stand Friday in the health care fraud trial of Philip Esformes and described how he received about $300,000 in bribes from the Miami nursing home mogul in bags full of cash and wire transfers to get Esformes' son on the Penn basketball team and into the Wharton School of Business.

  8. March 07, 2019

    Esformes Practices 'Inappropriate,' Nursing Home Expert Says

    A medical expert testifying for the government Thursday at the health care fraud trial of Miami-area nursing home owner Philip Esformes said practices described or shown to have taken place in Esformes' facilities appeared to be "inappropriate, unethical and simply wrong."

  9. February 28, 2019

    'Completely Unreasonable' Deals Recounted In Esformes Trial

    Miami nursing home mogul Philip Esformes entered into "completely unreasonable" contracts to have his alleged co-conspirators in a $1 billion health care fraud operate and eventually buy two of his facilities, an expert witness for the federal government said Thursday at Esformes' trial in Miami.

  10. February 27, 2019

    Esformes Judge Won't Kill Questions On Facility Conditions

    The federal judge overseeing the $1 billion health care fraud trial of Miami nursing home owner Philip Esformes rejected the defense's attempt Wednesday to shut down questioning over substandard conditions at one of his facilities, ruling that the testimony is relevant to charges that he bribed state officials to get advance notice of inspections.