12
Jan
Posted by Dentist Finder in Dental News | Tags :medicaid fraud, New Jersey Mobile Dentist, New Jersey Mobile Dentist P.A. | 1 Comment
Last month, Anna Padva-German, 47, of Secaucus, NJ, a dentist employed by New Jersey Mobile Dentist P.A. pleaded guilty to third degree Medicaid fraud in Superior Court. The charge stems from an ongoing investigation by the Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
As a result of the investigation, four dentists employed by New Jersey Mobile Dentist have pleaded guilty thus far, including Padva-German. The Medicaid program allegedly …
11
Jan
Posted by Dentist Finder in Dental News | Tags :embezzlement, Melissa Grawey | No Comments
Melissa Kay Grawey, 42, pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement or $20,000 or more, which carries a maximum penalty of 10-year.
She was originally charged with seven felony counts; however, these charges were dismissed once Grawey took a plea agreement from the Prosecutor’s Office.
Judge Charles W. Johnson sentenced Grawey to serve the next 11 months in jail, to be put on five years probation and ordered her to …
9
Jan
Posted by Dentist Finder in Dental News | Tags :Craig Ralston, medicaid fraud | No Comments
Craig Ralston, 47, has been sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to charges that he defrauded the Kentucky Medicaid Program and trafficked in hydrocodone. HE was ordered to pay $4,900 in restitution to the Kentucky Medicaid Program and $3,000 in investigative costs for the attorney general’s office.
From March 1988 until September 2004, Ralston billed the Kentucky Medical Assistance Program for dental extractions that were not performed …
8
Jan
Posted by Dentist Finder in Dental News | Tags :burglary, dental lab, Dental office, shane carlson | No Comments
Shane Carlson, 26 years-old, was arrested this week during a traffic stop near Eugene, Ore. He was driving a U-Haul with expired tags and was carrying with him multiple licenses. He was eventually identified by matching his fingerprints, which also happened to match finger prints left on human teeth found in a bag left on a neighborhood sidewalk in October.
Seattle police have been trying to track down Carlson for …