Government Fraud

Accounting for Justice in the IRS: Kathy Enstrom Uses Accounting Skills to Protect the U.S. Tax Code from Criminals

When Kathy Enstrom began her career in the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigations unit (IRS-CI) 24 years ago, computers were so scarce that she had to share…

Tad Simons September 06, 2018

The Opioid Crisis and its Impact on Children

Opioids, including prescription opioids, heroin, and fentanyl, killed more than 42,000 people in 2016, an average of 115 people per day. Although the impact on adults…

Melissa D. Berry August 23, 2018

The Growing Threat — and Popularity — of E-Commerce Fraud

Late last year, the online news and gossip site The Daily Beast created a minor furor when it published a story alleging that, based on information obtained from online…

Tad Simons August 22, 2018

Arizona AG Brnovich: How Best to Protect Seniors from Scams, Swindlers, and Con Artists

In our continuing conversation with Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich, we discuss the problem of financial scams and con artists who target the elderly. When…

Tad Simons August 21, 2018

OIG Medicare Hospice Report Finds Issues Affecting Quality of Care and Program Integrity

  In a recent report, the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) identified a number of vulnerabilities in…

Melissa D. Berry August 17, 2018

A Victory in the Fight Against Healthcare Fraud: This Time, Involving Dentists

Healthcare fraud within the United States continues to constantly evolve and affect different areas of our healthcare system. In fact, one of the most recently affected…

Bruce Zagaris August 10, 2018

Homestead Exemptions for AirBnB Hosts are Complicated — and Often Illegal

Many homeowners seeking to make extra cash by renting all or part of their home through such online home-sharing portals as AirBnB or Craigslist are…

Tad Simons August 08, 2018

To Solve the Opioid Crisis, Address Demand, Not Just Supply

More than 100 people a day die from drug overdoses in the United States, two-thirds of them from opioids in various forms. The most lethal…

Tad Simons July 27, 2018

House Ways and Means Committee Explores Comprehensive Strategy in Combating Medicare and Medicaid Fraud

On July 17, the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing to discuss the existence of fraud within Medicare and Medicaid and how best to…

Bruce Zagaris July 24, 2018

New Initiatives Announced to Strengthen Medicaid Program Integrity

On June 26, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced several new initiatives designed to improve the integrity of the Medicaid program. Medicaid, along…

Melissa D. Berry July 20, 2018

Arizona’s Top Cop Talks Tech: Arizona AG Mark Brnovich on Technology, Law Enforcement and the Growing Challenge Posed by Rampant Cybercrime

Back in the early-1990s, when Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich started his legal career, the internet barely existed, no one knew what a “web page”…

Tad Simons July 18, 2018

Largest Healthcare Fraud Enforcement Action in DOJ History Results in Charges Against 601 Individuals

On June 28, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the largest ever healthcare fraud enforcement…

Melissa D. Berry July 12, 2018