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Every health care enforcement release from the Department of Justice and the HHS Office of Inspector General, including state attorneys general and Medicaid fraud control units, fetched daily and read into the same schema the detectors use. Each one links to the providers it names when the match is certain, and the newest is dated June 18, 2026. These are public records of charges, pleas, sentences and settlements, not findings by Verity.

DOJSentencedJun 18, 2026IN

Florida Man Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison

As vice president of a dental practice, he submitted claims to Indiana Medicaid falsely billing for hundreds of dental surgeries that were never performed, used patients' personal identifiers without authorization to support the claims, and committed tax evasion to conceal the income.

$521K orderedMedicaid
DOJSentencedFeb 18, 2026IN

Highland Physician Sentenced to 97 Months in Prison

Cataldi, sole owner of an otolaryngology practice, billed Medicare and private insurance for thousands of balloon sinuplasty procedures that she did not perform, seeking approximately $50 million and being paid almost $20 million.

$50.0M alleged$19.1M orderedMedicare, private insurance2 providers in Verity
DOJCivil settlementJan 28, 2026IN

Settlement for $1.7 Million With Former Physician Don J. Wagoner and His Business Entity for Fraudulently Billing the Indiana Medicaid Program

Defendants required patients seeking opioid or pain medicine prescriptions to give a single urine sample, tested it with one inexpensive multiplexed screening kit, and billed Indiana Medicaid $171.27 or more per patient by falsely certifying that nine or more separate samples had been collected and analyzed.

$1.0M alleged$1.7M orderedMedicaid4 providers in Verity
DOJSentencedJan 8, 2026IN

Indiana Woman Sentenced to 84 Months in Prison

Reese falsely claimed to be a licensed clinical psychologist, used forged documents to obtain employment and stole the identities and license numbers of three medical professionals to enroll in Indiana Medicaid and bill for therapy services.

$269K orderedMedicaid, Medicare
DOJSentencedOct 3, 2024IN

Merrillville Doctor Sentenced to Prison and Ordered to Pay Restitution

Farley submitted claims to Medicaid and Medicare falsely representing that he had complex, extended visits with patients at his addiction treatment practice, billing for more than 7,000 services he did not provide.

$557K alleged$557K orderedMedicare, Medicaid1 provider in Verity
DOJSentencedMay 28, 2024IN

Wisconsin Attorney Sentenced to Five and a Half Years in Federal Prison for $2.3 Million Fraud and Tax Evasion Schemes

While employed as office manager of an Indianapolis podiatry practice, Smith submitted approximately 288 fraudulent Medicaid claims for oxygen monitoring devices that were never ordered and diverted Medicaid payments to her personal bank account, and also committed COVID-19 mortgage assistance fraud and tax evasion.

$1.2M alleged$2.3M orderedMedicaid
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