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Operation Tidal Wave: Seven Charged in $7.1 Million Money Laundering Scheme as Authorities Seize 135 Firearms in Northern District of New York

Posted 02/4/26

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Federal prosecutors in the Northern District of New York have charged Iziah Cox, Kaya Cox, Sincere Cox, Davion Carrington, Jahmell Manso, Tiffany Banks, and Tamicca Jennings with conspiring to launder $7.1 million in proceeds from a fraud scheme with victims around the world.[1] The charges stem from an ongoing investigation known as Operation Tidal Wave, led by the...

Tagged in: Financial and Investment Fraud, Money Laundering,

Two Plead Guilty to $68M Brooklyn Adult Day Care and Home Healthcare Fraud Scheme

Posted 01/28/26

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team On January 15, Elaine Antao and Manal Wasef pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud Medicaid by offering kickbacks for services not rendered at two Brooklyn social adult day cares and a home healthcare company. The proceedings took place before United States District Judge Natasha C. Merle in federal court in Brooklyn. Each defendant faces up to 10 years in...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, Medicaid, Medicaid fraud,

Traditions Health Pays $34M to Settle False Claims Act Charges of Medically Unnecessary Home Health Services

Posted 01/28/26

medical equipment with phone and notepad

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Last Thursday (January 22), the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that Tennessee-based Traditions Health agreed to pay $34 million to settle allegations it violated the False Claims Act and Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law by billing Medicare for medically unnecessary home health services and paying kickbacks to physicians in exchange for referrals.[1] ...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, False Claims Act, qui tam,

Florida Ophthalmology Practices Agree to Pay Nearly $6M in Whistleblower Case Involving Transcranial Doppler Ultrasounds

Posted 01/22/26

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Five Florida ophthalmology practices, Clay Eye Holdings LLC, Retina Macula Specialists of Miami LLC, Florida Eye Institute P.A., Miami Eye LLC, and Kendall Eye Institute Inc., agreed to pay roughly $6 million to settle allegations that they submitted fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid in violation of the False Claims Act. [1] According to the government, the...

Tagged in: Anti-Kickback and Stark, False Claims Act,

DOJ's Annual False Claims Act Roundup For 2025 -- Another Record Year for Whistleblower-Initiated Fraud Enforcement

Posted 01/21/26

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Last Friday (January 16), the Department of Justice released its Annual Report of False Claims Act enforcement for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025.[1] By all accounts, it was another record year for fraud enforcement with the Government recovering roughly $6.9 billion, the largest single-year haul ever under the statute. As usual, the bulk of that amount --...

Tagged in: False Claims Act, qui tam,

Kaiser Pays Record $556M to Settle Medicare Advantage False Claims Act Case -- Constantine Cannon Represented One of the Originating Whistleblowers

Posted 01/20/26

By the Constantine Cannon Whistleblower Team Last Wednesday (January 14), the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that several affiliates of Oakland-based Kaiser Permanente agreed to pay $556 million to settle allegations they violated the False Claims Act by submitting invalid diagnosis codes for their Medicare Advantage patients to secure inflated payments from the Government.[1] It is the largest False...

Tagged in: False Claims Act, Medicare Advantage Fraud, qui tam,

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Operation Tidal Wave: Seven Charged in $7.1 Million Money Laundering Scheme as Authorities Seize 135 Firearms in Northern District of New York

Two Plead Guilty to $68M Brooklyn Adult Day Care and Home Healthcare Fraud Scheme

Traditions Health Pays $34M to Settle False Claims Act Charges of Medically Unnecessary Home Health Services

Florida Ophthalmology Practices Agree to Pay Nearly $6M in Whistleblower Case Involving Transcranial Doppler Ultrasounds

DOJ's Annual False Claims Act Roundup For 2025 -- Another Record Year for Whistleblower-Initiated Fraud Enforcement

Kaiser Pays Record $556M to Settle Medicare Advantage False Claims Act Case -- Constantine Cannon Represented One of the Originating Whistleblowers

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Operation Tidal Wave: Seven Charged in $7.1 Million Money Laundering Scheme as Authorities Seize 135 Firearms in Northern District of New York

Two Plead Guilty to $68M Brooklyn Adult Day Care and Home Healthcare Fraud Scheme

Traditions Health Pays $34M to Settle False Claims Act Charges of Medically Unnecessary Home Health Services

Florida Ophthalmology Practices Agree to Pay Nearly $6M in Whistleblower Case Involving Transcranial Doppler Ultrasounds

DOJ's Annual False Claims Act Roundup For 2025 -- Another Record Year for Whistleblower-Initiated Fraud Enforcement

Kaiser Pays Record $556M to Settle Medicare Advantage False Claims Act Case -- Constantine Cannon Represented One of the Originating Whistleblowers

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