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Brown Announces Sixteen Arrests In $2 Million Medi-Cal Pregnancy FraudFebruary 27, 2008
Brown Announces Arrests In Health Care Scam October 19, 2007
Attorney General Lockyer And Department Of Health Services Director Sandra Shewry Call For New Medi-Cal Computer System To Fight FraudDecember 28, 2006
Attorney General Bill Lockyer Announces Arrests in $1.4 Million Medi-Cal And Medicare Fraud SchemeTrio of Alleged Felons Face More Than 20 Years in Prison if ConvictedNovember 02, 2006
Attorney General Lockyer Announces Arrest of Nursing Home Operator in Connection with Alleged Bribery of Los Angeles County Facilities InspectorOwner Told Confidential Informant Other Local Health Agency Employees on the TakeJune 02, 2006
Attorney General Lockyer Announces Enforcement Action Against State’s Second Largest Nursing Home ChainPleasant Care to Pay $1 Million in Fines and Immediately Improve Resident CareMarch 08, 2006
Attorney General Bill Lockyer, U.S. Department of Justice Reach $704 Million National Settlement With Company That Illegally Marketed AIDS DrugMaker Of Serostim To Pay California $215.7 Million And Pleads Guilty to ConspiracyOctober 17, 2005
Attorney General Bill Lockyer Announces Enforcement Agreement Requiring Higher Quality of Care Standards in Sun Nursing HomesSun Healthcare to Pay $2.5 Million, Improve Care and Hire Independent MonitorSeptember 14, 2005
Attorney General Lockyer Sues 39 Major Drug Companies for Inflating Prices, Bilking California TaxpayersAugust 25, 2005
Attorney General Lockyer Announces Indictment of Tower Health Executives in Medi-Cal Fraud CaseCEO, CFO Arrested and Jailed for Fraud Scheme That Bankrupted Southland HMOJuly 20, 2005
Attorney General Lockyer Offers Reward For Reporting Medi-Cal FraudUp To $1,000 For Tips Leading To Conviction Of Providers Who File False ClaimsJune 16, 2005
Attorney General Lockyer Files $110 Million-Plus Lawsuit To Stop Investment Scam That Targets ElderlyLiving Trust Mill Tricked Seniors Into Using Retirement Assets To Buy AnnuitiesFebruary 10, 2005
Attorney General Charges Central Valley Dentist and 20 Others in $4.5 Million Medi-Cal Fraud SchemeDentists Bilked System; Performed Unnecessary Dental Work on Unsuspecting PatientsSeptember 24, 2004
Attorney General Lockyer Obtains Sentence in Massive Medi-Cal Fraud Crime Ring CaseTotal Punishment for Multiple Defendants Now Stands at 63 Years in PrisonSeptember 03, 2004
Attorney General Lockyer Announces Arrest of Residential Care Facility Employee on Rape ChargesNorwalk Caretaker Charged with Sexually Assaulting Two Dependent Adult ResidentsJune 25, 2004
Attorney General Lockyer Obtains Record State Prison Sentence for Medi-Cal FraudJury Convicts Key Player in Crime Ring that Stole More than $20 MillionMay 06, 2004
Attorney General Lockyer Announces The Month of May as Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Awareness MonthMay 03, 2004
Attorney General Lockyer Urges California Seniors to Be Careful Before Buying Prescription Drug Discount Cards Under New Medicare ProgramApril 30, 2004
Attorney General Lockyer and Legislators Unveil Bi-Partisan, 10-Point Plan to Fight Medi-Cal FraudApril 21, 2004
Attorney General Lockyer Announces Results of Surprise Nursing Home Inspections in California"Operation Guardians" Prompts Better Care for Elderly and Dependent AdultsJanuary 21, 2004
Attorney General Lockyer Announces $2.9 Million in Restitution, Prison Sentence for Medi-cal FraudCase Raises Amount of Court-Ordered Restitution and Fines to $100 Million Since 1999October 21, 2003
Attorney General Lockyer Obtains Longest Prison Sentence for Medi-Cal Fraud in California HistoryHead of Organized Crime Ring That Stole Over $20 Million Receives 16 Years in PrisonSeptember 08, 2003
Guide to Preventing Elder Abuse Available in SpanishPublication Provides Tips For Detecting and Reporting Elder AbuseJune 26, 2003
Attorney General Lockyer Files Medi-cal Fraud Charges Against Glendale "Pharmacy" and DoctorsAlso Charges Seven Defendants with ID Theft, Money Laundering and Grand TheftJune 19, 2003
Attorney General Lockyer Files Lawsuit Alleging Medi-Cal Dental Program FraudSouthern California Clinics Provided Unlicensed, Unnecessary Work on ChildrenMarch 14, 2003
Attorney General Lockyer Accuses Two Major Drug Companies of Inflating Prices, Cheating California TaxpayersJanuary 07, 2003
Attorney General and Advocates For The Elderly Release Consumer Guide on Preventing And Reporting Elder AbuseJanuary 02, 2003
Attorney General Lockyer Honored by Association of Certified Fraud SpecialistsDecember 17, 2002
Attorney General Lockyer, Santa Barbara D.A. Sneddon Announce Major Enforcement Action Against Nation's Largest Nursing Home ChainAugust 01, 2002
Attorney General Lockyer Files Medi-Cal Fraud Charges for Major Multi-State Scheme to Steal Health Care FundsFraud Ring Operated in California and New JerseyJune 26, 2002
Attorney General Lockyer Announces Illegal Scheme to Sell Nurse Assistant Licenses Shut Down by Multi-Agency "Operation Safe Care"May 16, 2002
Attorney General Lockyer Announces Medi-Cal Fraud Criminal ConvictionsApril 23, 2002
Attorney General Lockyer Announces Criminal Conviction of Nursing Home AdministratorApril 19, 2002
Attorney General Lockyer Announces Enforcement Action Against Largest Provider of Nursing Home Care in CaliforniaOctober 04, 2001
Attorney General Lockyer Receives Federal Award for Combating Medi-Cal Fraud, Elder AbuseRecognition for Performance by Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder AbuseSeptember 12, 2001
Attorney General Lockyer Announces Enforcement Action Against Owner of Nursing HomesFacilities in Riverside, San Bernardino, Tulare and Kern CountiesAugust 15, 2001
Attorney General Lockyer Announces Arrest of 21 to Break Up Alleged Elder Care Fraud Ring Operating in Four Northern California CountiesAction Taken Before Any Harm To Nursing Home ResidentsMay 10, 2001
Attorney General Lockyer Issues Report on First Year of Surprise Nursing Home InspectionsOperation Guardians Making a Difference, Prompting Nursing Home ImprovementsApril 17, 2001
Attorney General Lockyer Issues Report on First Year of Surprise Nursing Home Inspections in Northern CaliforniaOperation Guardians Making a Difference, Prompting Nursing Home ImprovementsApril 16, 2001
Attorney General Lockyer Announces First-Ever Civil Enforcement Action Against California Nursing Home Owner-OperatorsSeeks Court-Ordered Improvements for Facilities in Riverside, San Bernardino, San Joaquin CountiesApril 05, 2001
Attorney General Lockyer Announces "Operation Guardians" in Alameda County to Combat Abuse and Neglect of Elderly in Nursing HomesSurprise Inspections Part of New State, Local, Federal PartnershipAugust 01, 2000
Attorney General Lockyer Announces Arrests of Six Supspects in Sophisticated $1.4 Million Medi-Cal Fraud and Identity Theft SchemeJuly 06, 2000
Attorney General Lockyer Announces Four Arrests, Two Convictions in Crackdown on Medi-cal Fraud by Blood LaboratoriesJune 05, 2000
Attorney General Lockyer Brings Department's First-ever Enforcement Action Against Nursing Home for Alleged Elder Abuse and FraudFormer Nazi Concentration Camp Survivor Was Nursing Home VictimMay 10, 2000
Attorney General Lockyer Announces "operation guardians" to Combat Abuse and Neglect of Elderly Californians in Nursing HomesMarch 27, 2000
Attorney General Lockyer, State Health Director Bonta Announce New Campaign Against Medi-Cal Fraud Special Fraud Alert Warns of Physician Identity Thefts For False ClaimsDecember 29, 1999