A Chicago man was charged with a scheme to impersonate doctors to obtain unauthorized GLP-1 medications on behalf of individuals who paid him, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said.

A pair of shareholder groups are suing UnitedHealth, alleging the insurance giant defrauded Medicare, manipulated earnings, and ignored cybersecurity gaps for years, paving the way for the largest healthcare data breach in U.S. history in 2024. (Healthcare Dive)

In a tentative agreement with federal prosecutors, Chesapeake Regional Medical Center in Virginia will have to pay restitution and create a $12.8 million patient fund, among other requirements, over charges that former ob/gyn Javaid Perwaiz, MD, performed medically unnecessary surgeries there without consent. (WAVY)

An Ohio man pled guilty to laundering roughly $3.4 million in healthcare fraud proceeds through multiple banks on behalf of a transnational criminal organization, the DOJ said, as part of the largest healthcare fraud case ever prosecuted by the agency.

International fugitive Herbert Leon Kimble, who was part of the FBI's newly created Most Wanted Fraudsters List, was apprehended in the Philippines and pled guilty to conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and failure to appear after being charged for his role in a $1.2 billion telemedicine and medical equipment scheme in 2019, federal prosecutors said.

Houston plastic surgeon Dare Ajibade, MD, is facing four medical malpractice lawsuits in a single year, with allegations of patient harm due to improperly performed liposuction procedures. (ABC13 Houston)

The U.S. and the state of Illinois filed a joint complaint alleging that Chicago-area companies operated by Vadim Goshko, MD, submitted fraudulent claims for podiatry services to Medicaid and Medicare, resulting in the payment of more than $5.2 million in false claims, the DOJ said.