USA v. Esformes et al

  1. January 23, 2019

    Ex-Hospital Director Pleads Guilty In $1B Health Fraud Case

    A former Miami-area hospital director pled guilty Wednesday in Florida federal court to conspiring to defraud the United States and paying and receiving health care kickbacks as part of a $1 billion health care fraud scheme.

  2. January 09, 2019

    Physician's Assistant Admits Role In $1B Health Care Fraud

    A former physician's assistant faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty in Florida federal court Wednesday to participating in a $1 billion health-care fraud scheme.

  3. January 01, 2019

    White Collar Cases To Watch In 2019

    The coming year's white collar docket is an active one, with several large health care fraud cases set to go to trial and post-trial litigation that could shape the law in insider trading and other financial crimes and affect how companies cooperate in criminal probes.

  4. December 03, 2018

    Miami Man To Remain Jailed For Trial In $1B Medicare Fraud

    A Miami businessman who has been jailed for nearly two and a half years on charges of carrying out a $1 billion health care fraud must remain in custody through his trial early next year, a Florida federal judge ruled Monday, finding no violation of his due process rights.

  5. November 26, 2018

    Gov't Wants New Bribery Evidence In Health Care Fraud Case

    Prosecutors in a $1 billion health care fraud case against a Miami businessman are asking a Florida federal judge to allow them to claim that, after failing to bribe his son's way onto the University of Pennsylvania basketball team, he tried to buy him a crew team spot.

  6. November 14, 2018

    Judge Won't DQ Fla. Prosecutors In $1B Health Fraud Case

    A Florida federal judge on Tuesday denied a Miami businessman's bid to dismiss or disqualify the prosecution team in a $1 billion health care fraud case against him, but despite criticizing federal prosecutors' and agents' performance, the court rejected a magistrate's findings that they had acted in bad faith.

  7. November 08, 2018

    Bid To DQ Prosecution Spurs Fiery Row In Health Fraud Case

    A federal judge heard impassioned arguments during a daylong hearing Thursday in Miami over a magistrate's recommendation that suggested suppressing certain evidence in a $1 billion health fraud case due to prosecutorial misconduct, but also noted that the defendant's requests to disqualify the prosecutors or dismiss the case are not warranted.

  8. September 25, 2018

    DQ Prosecution In $1B Fla. Fraud Case: Nursing Home Owner

    A Florida businessman accused of operating a $1 billion health care fraud pushed again Monday to disqualify the prosecution in his case, arguing that a magistrate should have recommended disqualification after finding problems with the prosecution's handling of the matter.

  9. March 06, 2018

    Man Accused In $1B Health Fraud Wants Prosecution DQ'ed

    A Florida businessman accused of operating a $1 billion health care fraud told a federal judge that the prosecution team on his case should be disqualified because they deliberately used privileged communications in bringing the case against him.

  10. November 07, 2017

    Prosecutor Defends Actions In $1B Health Care Fraud Case

    A prosecutor working on the $1 billion Medicare fraud case against nursing home operator Philip Esformes spent all of Tuesday on the stand defending her use of financial forms and notes the defendant says are privileged, arguing that a court would have to be the ultimate arbiter of whether the documents were protected.