June 15, 2025 Recent Legal News
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DC v Jboor
Arrested
Dr. Nidal Jboor, an internist in Dearborn, Michigan, ws in Washington, DC and went to a hearing in Congress where Secretary of State Rubio was testifying. He held up a sign supporting the Hamas and was arrested for obstructing the work of Congress. He is also the co-founder of a group called Doctors Against Genocide.
US v Soucy
Guilty
Dr. Robert Soucy Jr. DO, of Columbia, New Hampshire, plead guilty of illegally distributing narcotics.
Illinois v Chang
Sentenced
Dr. Henry Chang, a neurosurgery resident at Methodist Hospital in Peoria, Illinois, was sentenced to five years in prison for pacing a camera in the women's bathroom of the hospital.
Maryland v Haque
Indicted
Dr. Syed Haque of Fredrick, Maryland was indicted in January for sexually assaulting female patients. He did breast and pelvic exams on two patients twice which were not the reasons for their visits. Now two more have come forward.
US v Ljaamo
Indicted
Dr. Sven Ljaamo, a physician at Bedford, Massachusetts VA hospital was indicted for possession of child porn.
Maine v O'Donnell
Arrested
Dr. Peter O'Donnell of Yarmouth, Maine, was arrested for sex trafficking. Beside his medical practice he also and another business A. Envy which is the alleged culprit.
Iowa v Carbone
Indicted
Dr. Anthony Carbone was the CMIO at Mercy One Genesis and is now charged with sexual misconduct with children. He may have been charged many years ago for the same thing in another state.
Texas v Cuellar
Arrested
Dr. Jacob Cueller, the former CEO of Laurel Ridge Treatment Center, a behavior health place in San Antonio, was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing children. He had allegedly previously been investigated while a student at Duke University for possession of child porn.
Alaska v Sponsler
Arrested
Dr. Jeffrey Sponsler of Wasilla was arrested for allegedly possessing child porn. Top
US v Kahn
Settlement
Dr. Samuel Kahn of Frisco, Texas, agreed to pay $3.5 million to ssettle allegations that he billed fed med during Covid for EM services not performed. He billed these codes for drive-up and other Covid collection facilities.
US v Tiongson
Settlement
Dr. Benjamin Tiongson, a pain management physician in Houston, Texas, has agreed to pay $390,000 to settle allegations that he submitted false claims to fed med for implanting neurostimulator electrodes. he actually used electro-acupuncture wires and did not surgically implant anything.
US v MultiPlan, et al
Motion to Dismiss
The district court in Illinois denied the motion to dismiss against Multiplan and payor codefendants. The antitrust and consumer complaints for their work calculating out of network fees for providers along with negotiating that rate with providers on behalf of payors.
US v Cox
Convicted
Gary Cox of Maricopa County, Arizona, the CEO of Power Mobility Doctor Rx, LLC, was convicted by a federal jury of defrauding fed med of over $1 billion. He targeted fed med recipients and others and got them to accept unneeded DME.
US v Ghosh
Sentenced
Dr. Mona Ghosh of Hoffman Estates, Illinois, was sentenced to ten years in prison for billing fed med for services not performed. Gosh has also been ordered to pay $1.5 million in restitution.
US v Zayas
Indicted
Jessa Zayas of Santa Clarita, California, was indicted for health care fraud. Zayas was the CEO of Healing hands Hospice and Humane Love Hospice in Van Nuys. They allegedly billed millions of dollars in hospice charges for people who were not terminally ill. Top
CMS v Ascension Seton Williamson Hospital
Investigation
The Round Rock, Texas, hospital was visited by a pregnant patient for uterine bleeding. A hormone level showed the fetus ws not viable. She also had an ectopic pregnancy. She was examined and sent home. She returned three days later still bleeding. She was given an injected drug to end the pregnancy and again sent home. Several day later she again came to the ER with a ruptured ectopic and bleeding out. She had an emergency surgery to remove the tube, The feds say the hospital violated EMTALA by not giving her a proper medical screening. She was not seen by an OB. Now the administration has said that hospoitals do not have to do abortions. ( See Recent Legislation).
Walia v Coup de Thai
Filed
Dr. Harjasleen Walia, a neurologist in San Jose, California, has filed suit against the restaurant for allegedly serving her a dish that ws so spicy that shw burned her vocal cords, esophagus and the inside of her right nostril. The spice used is Thai chili which falls between cayanne and habanero peppers on the Scoville Scale. She is now serving as her own attorney. Top
Rappaport v Allina Health, Callahan
Filed
The patient was admitted to the Minnesota hospital for a spleen removal to be performed by Dr,. Callahan. She claims the physician removed her left kidney and not her spleen but the op note says the spleen was removed. She claims she now needs dialysis. Top
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