Tag: Waste and Fraud

Norfolk attorney pleads guilty in fraud case

Washington Examiner · April 23, 2014 5:22 pm

All Freedom of Information Act requests at the Department of Veterans Affairs will now be reviewed by four different FOIA officers, including the VA's director of FOIA service. (Examiner File)

South Carolina Veterans Affairs employees misused government purchasing cards, IG finds

Kelly Cohen · April 22, 2014 4:00 am

Internal Revenue Service employees with conduct issues received millions in extra awards between 2010 and 2012, the agency's inspector general has found.ÃÂ (AP Image)

Misbehaving IRS employees still got bonuses, agency IG finds

Kelly Cohen · April 22, 2014 4:00 am

The lawsuit alleged that an otolaryngologist performed unnecessary functional endoscopic sinus surgeries on children who did not need the procedures. (Thinkstock)

Durant hospital in Oklahoma agrees to settle health care fraud case

Associated Press · April 21, 2014 4:00 am

Feds Begin Fingerprinting ‘High Risk’ Medicare Providers and Suppliers

Jeryl Bier · April 15, 2014 10:06 am

The IG reviewed 664 face-to-face encounter documents of "home health agencies." (Thinkstock)

Questionable Medicare claims cost HHS billions, IG finds

Kelly Cohen · April 15, 2014 4:00 am

Oil in the Gulf of Mexico, more than 50 miles southeast of Venice on Louisiana's tip, as a large plume of smoke rises from fires on BP's Deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig (Gerald Herbert/AP)

Inmate now faces charge of Gulf oil spill fraud

Associated Press · April 15, 2014 4:00 am

Energy and Environment

Energy Department IT system is deeply flawed, IG finds

Kelly Cohen · April 15, 2014 4:00 am

Three men have been sentenced for credit card fraud in central Florida. (Thinkstock)

Three sentenced in Orlando for credit card fraud

Associated Press · April 14, 2014 4:00 am

Tax refund fraud is a big frustration for victims

John Seewer · April 11, 2014 12:18 pm

Kan. AG happy with legislation to strengthen Medicaid fraud penalties

Bryan Cohen · April 9, 2014 6:32 pm

Two charged in $70 million Florida ‘virtual concierge’ fraud

Associated Press · April 9, 2014 4:00 am