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NC Senate advances Medicaid oversight bill
Senate bill would expand Medicaid provider controls amid scrutiny of rising autism therapy costs and concerns over fraud, billing, and oversight.
Opinion
Medicaid ‘home health’ spending needs a closer look
While NC's $35 billion budget seems large, consider that spending on the state's Medicaid program ALONE spends that much, mostly through the federal government.
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Appeals Court upholds 200-month prison sentence in $12M NC Medicaid fraud case
The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a 200-month prison sentence for a man accused of overseeing nearly $12 million in fraudulent Medicaid claims in North Carolina.
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Nine charged in NC after historic health care fraud bust
DOJ charges 324 in historic health care fraud takedown,14 of whom were tied to NC schemes, involving $25M in Medicaid fraud and illegal kickbacks.
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Former top NC political donor Lindberg pleads guilty in $2 billion fraud
Greg Lindberg, once North Carolina’s top election campaign donor, pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges connected to a scheme government officials described as a $2 billion fraud.
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Judge orders forfeiture of $1.4 million linked to Lindberg political bribery case
A federal judge has approved forfeiture of more than $1.4 million tied to the bribery case against former top North Carolina political donor Greg Lindberg. A jury found Lindberg and co-defendant John Gray guilty in May in a retrial on federal bribery and fraud charges. Lindberg and Gray await new sentences in the case.
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Lindberg, Gray guilty in bribery, fraud retrial
A federal jury has found Greg Lindberg and John Gray guilty in a retrial on bribery and fraud charges in connection with their dealings with state Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey after the 2016 election. It’s the second time jurors have convicted Lindberg and Gray of attempting to bribe Causey.
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Judge refuses to split Lindberg, Gray retrials on bribery, fraud charges
A federal judge will not split the bribery and fraud retrials of Greg Lindberg and John Gray. Both are scheduled to return to court on May 6. Lindberg was once North Carolina’s top election campaign donor.
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Feds reject proposal to split Lindberg, Gray retrials on bribery, fraud charges
Federal prosecutors oppose a plan to split the bribery and fraud retrials of Greg Lindberg and John Gray. Both are scheduled to return to federal court on May 6. The government submitted its latest court filing Friday.
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Causey targets Lindberg in latest NC court filing
State Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey seeks to take part in a state Supreme Court dispute involving former top North Carolina political donor Greg Lindberg. Lindberg is scheduled to return to federal court in May on charges that he bribed Causey after the 2016 election.
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Probe: Federal government paid $127 million fraudulently to Teamsters
A letter from Republican U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina’s 5th congressional district accuses a federal government agency of “reckless mismanagement” for sending $127 million in pension payments earmarked for deceased members of a Teamsters union. Originally reported by The New York Post, Foxx’s letter, dated Jan. 16, says that the Pension Benefit Guaranty...
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Lindberg fraud, bribery retrial officially set for May 6
Former top North Carolina political donor Greg Lindberg will head back to federal court on May 6 for a retrial on fraud and bribery charges that initially sent him to prison for a seven-year sentence. An Appeals Court later wiped out that sentence. Charges were connected to Lindberg’s interaction with state Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey.
