Federal Crimes

Many changes to criminal law are the result of legislation, but sometimes court rulings change how the government or other courts interpret the law. In 2020, the Supreme Court heard a case related to the rulings of juries during a criminal trial, revisiting an issue...

There is a difference with being charged with a crime at the state level and being charged with a crime at the federal level. At the state level, the state handles the prosecution of the crime, meaning that the legal processes and procedures are state-facilitated and...

When it comes to white collar crimes, or crimes that are made by businesses or business people usually related to money as motivation, nothing is more prominent than fraud. Fraud is committed by misrepresenting some type of financial aspect in order to profit from the...

Although not everyone in Louisiana and other states is aware of it, healthcare fraud has become a significant problem in the United States over the past few decades. The magnitude of the damage to the healthcare system, including public and private insurance programs,...

Individuals who have limited resources or low-wage earning families can rely on Medicaid to obtain health care services. Here in Louisiana, both state and federal officials monitor the Medicaid program to ensure that the system provides legitimate health care to...

The health-care insurance system is intended to provide patients with the best possible medical treatment while guaranteeing that health-care providers who perform services get paid, whether in Louisiana or another state. Unfortunately, sometimes patients and...

In Louisiana, as in other states, investigations into alleged cases of health-care fraud are fairly common. Whether it is fraudulent billing or overbilling that leads to Medicare fraud or something else, a federal charge means that an individual will face serious...

Among federal crimes, health-care fraud is quite commonly prosecuted across the country, including in Louisiana. This type of fraud often involves health-care providers and professionals such as physicians, dentists, pharmacists and facilities operators as well as...

In the United States, people aged 65 and above, and those younger with certain disabilities, rely on Medicare. The federal government oversees the system, ensuring that the taxpayers' money does not go to waste. Millions of dollars, however, are lost every year...

Defrauding a health-care system such as Medicare is a serious federal crime everywhere in the United States, including Louisiana. Every month it seems federal health care fraud cases involving health-care professionals make the news. It is important to note that...