Health care fraud costs the government and taxpayers billions of dollars. It is anything but a victimless crime. Fraud means higher insurance premiums causing some people to go without medical care. Because the federal government funds much of health care, taxes also go up when Medicare money is used to pay false claims. Earlier this […]
The Bully Behind the Curtain
by Joe Bird Like many of you, at Mahany & Ertl we routinely encounter bullies and trash talkers. So often in the world of fraud, those who protest and threaten the loudest are the biggest frauds and bullies. As in the Wizard of Oz, they just need a determined canine of modest proportions to pull […]
Lawyer Indicted For Helping Clients Set Up Offshore Swiss Bank Accounts
by Brian Mahany The IRS and U.S. Department of Justice show no sign of letting up in their quest to ferret out U.S. taxpayers with unreported offshore accounts. Earlier this week Justice officials unsealed an indictment against a former San Diego tax attorney and two of his clients for alleging hiding millions in unreported Swiss […]
Unreported Offshore Accounts: A Hidden Danger for Clients
Appeared on America Institute of CPAs The IRS’s 2011 Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Initiative ended September 9. Preliminary IRS estimates reveal that some 12,000 taxpayers came forward and disclosed their previously unreported foreign accounts and income (IR-2011-94). When added to the totals for the 2009 amnesty, roughly 30,000 people have now come into compliance and reported […]
Troubled Cath Lab Lands Certification
As appears in an article by Med Page Today A year ago, Excela Heath in Greensburg, Pa., was the center of an overstenting controversy. Today, its cath lab has achieved accreditation, even as new overstenting allegations surfaced in another part of Pennsylvania. The new overstenting charges come from Tullio Emanuele, MD, a former cardiologist with […]
Medpage Today
A year ago, Excela Heath in Greensburg, Pa., was the center of an overstenting controversy. Today, its cath lab has achieved accreditation, even as new overstenting allegations surfaced in another part of Pennsylvania.
The new overstenting charges come from Tullio Emanuele, MD, a former…
Zealous Legal Advocacy or Criminal Conspiracy?
[Post updated] A recent Reuters article sheds light on how Sir Allen Stanford was able to avoid detection and arrest for well over a decade. When finally arrested in 2009, Stanford was believed to have presided over one of the largest Ponzi schemes ever – $7 billion in misappropriated funds. Unlike the Madoff case where much […]
Morgan Keegan Gets Zapped in 401(k) Plan Case
Morgan Keegan has been around since 1969. With 300 offices and 3000 employees, it certainly is one of the more established regional brokerage firms. Unfortunately, even well established firms sometimes employ “bad apples.” Morgan Keegan is no exception. Earlier this month, an arbitration panel of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ruled against the firm […]
Merrill Lynch Gets "Unsportsmanlike Conduct" Award
by Brian Mahany Walter Schlaepper (a/k/a Phil Scott) has been a broker with Merrill Lynch since he received his general securities license back in 1984. Apparently he has built quite a book of business. Along the way, however, he picked up some complaints. One of those complaints was from former Boston Red Sox world series […]
America’s Unsung Heroes
by Brian Mahany This post is being written from the Pittsburgh International Airport. While waiting for my flight I purchased a copy of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to read about the death of Joe Paterno. In addition to the many stories on the life and death of “Joe Pa” was this headline, “Doctors at Erie Practice […]
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