WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Oroville Hospital, located in Oroville, California, has agreed to pay $10,250,000, to the United States and the State of California to resolve allegations that it knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid arising from medically unnecessary inpatient hospital admissions, a kickback and physician self-referral scheme and the use of erroneous diagnosis codes. Oroville Hospital will pay $9,518,9 more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Defendant Sought More than $870,000 in Fraudulent Refunds from the IRS * * * A former California resident was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for conspiring to file false claims against the United States. According to court documents and statements made in court, from 2016 to 2020, Richard Jason Mountford, now of Las Vegas, conspired with another person to submit false individual income tax more PR