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Enforcement Briefing · Oct 18, 2026

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Higher-priority matters

Active high- and medium-priority findings, organized by topic.

Billing fraud & false claims 4 articles

Billing fraud & false claimsEnforcement BriefingNew in this edition

CVS settles controlled-substance and false-claims allegations for $315 million plus interest

CVS executed settlements totaling $315 million in principal, plus interest on the civil settlement, without admitting liability. A related DEA agreement establishes controls for covered CVS retail pharmacies through August 15, 2032. Its operational requirements and implementation clock apply to CVS under the agreement.

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Excluded beneficial owner admits false Medicaid psychotherapy claims

Ronnie Lorenzo Robinson Jr. admitted using concealed ownership and other people's identifiers to submit psychotherapy claims through The Fisher of Men Project. Approximately $735,000 was claimed and $440,000 paid. His prior Medicaid exclusion makes actual ownership and operational control central to the case.

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Somerset settles olopatadine labeling claims for $4 million plus interest

Somerset's executed agreement requires $4 million plus interest as restitution over prescription labeling after an OTC switch. It resolves common-law payment-by-mistake and unjust-enrichment claims without admitting liability. False Claims Act liability is expressly reserved rather than released.

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Physician and practices settle insured-patient and unperformed-test allegations

Steven Murphy and two practices agreed to pay $866,539 and accept a three-year federal-program exclusion. Allegations involved uninsured-program claims despite insurance information in patient files, and billing laboratory components that could not be performed because required reagents were unavailable.

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Drugs & prescribing 2 articles

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Patient recruiter admits opioid distribution through clinics and pharmacies

Jose Llerena pleaded guilty to a conspiracy involving more than 87,000 oxycodone pills, with 3,735 attributed personally to him. Paid recruits obtained unnecessary prescriptions that were filled at participating pharmacies. The plea highlights coordinated recruitment, cash payments and resale indicators.

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Free State Pharmacy defendants receive 24-month sentences

DOJ announced 24-month sentences for Steven Churchill and Samson Solomon in a pharmacy scheme that caused $897,405 in Medicare payments. Concealed ownership, inaccurate retail-pharmacy representations, unsupported telemedicine prescriptions and unsolicited shipments formed the reported conduct. A third defendant awaits sentencing.

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Consumer & business misconduct 7 articles

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Psychiatrist receives prison sentence for signing unsupported DME orders

Steven Powell received 12 months and a day in prison after signing brace orders without evaluating beneficiaries. The scheme generated more than $1.9 million in Medicare claims; $761,202.75 was paid and ordered as restitution. Rapid signing of prefilled orders was central to the conduct.

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DME nominee owner admits laundering Medicare fraud proceeds

Leo Anzivino Jr. pleaded guilty to laundering proceeds from a DME operation that billed Medicare more than $6 million. Nominee ownership, forged physician orders and beneficiary returns accompanied transfers of $1,494,938.09. Sentencing is scheduled for January 21, 2027.

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DMERx owner receives 19 years for fraudulent order platform

Brett Blackman received a 19-year sentence for a platform used to generate fraudulent medical orders and connect suppliers with kickback-funded telemedicine approvals. More than $1 billion was billed and more than $450 million paid. Restitution and forfeiture remain for later determination.

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DEA orders nurse practitioner registration revoked after default and loss of state authority

DEA’s October14 published administrative order revokes Katherine Curtis’s registration effective November13. It rests on loss of Indiana authority and public-interest findings following default. The case illustrates credential and prescribing controls; it is not a criminal conviction.

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Later CDPH export lists eight actions issued October 12–16 totaling $77,000

A CDPH dashboard refreshed October 20 lists eight actions issued October 12–16, with $77,000 in initial and final assessed amounts. Two administrative staffing penalties account for $50,000. The records concern earlier violation periods and provide a retrospective view, without establishing the dataset or case status as it stood October 17.

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Consumer & business misconductEnforcement BriefingNew in this edition

Chein petition seeks revocation over alleged practice and probation failures

An October 13 amended accusation and petition asks the Medical Board to revoke Connie S. L. Chein's probation over alleged practice and compliance failures. The pleading builds on earlier stayed discipline; it does not establish that the requested revocation has been imposed.

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Spivak petition alleges failures in probation completion, testing and reporting

A petition signed October 13 asks the Medical Board to revoke Ryan Matthew Spivak's probation, alleging failures involving required programs, testing and quarterly declarations. The filing seeks further discipline under existing probation terms; it does not establish a new revocation or a positive drug test.

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More matters and continuing watch

Lower-priority and watch items, plus closed matters kept for the edition record.

Billing fraud & false claims 2 articles

Drugs & prescribing 1 articles

Consumer & business misconduct 3 articles

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