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Stolen name, stolen benefits: New details on alleged cult, FBI raid on mansion

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Stolen name, stolen benefits

MARTINEZ, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The FBI and Columbia County deputies raided a West Lake mansion Wednesday, arresting the leader of the House of Prayer — a group critics call a cult that scams veterans out of benefits.

Columbia County deputies assisted with the raid at 3816 Honors Way, but it’s a Federal Bureau of Investigation case involving allegations of financial or identity theft and fraud.

The founder of the House of Prayer was taken into custody and booked into jail, but we’re not even sure who the mysterious man really is.

He goes by Rony Denis, but federal authorities say he stole that identity in 1983, so they don’t know his true name.  Source

Florida Man Sentenced To More Than 17 Years For Scheme To Steal More Than $10.8 Million From Medicare

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Tampa, FL – District Judge Virginia M. Hernandez Covington has sentenced Lino Mallari Gutierrez, a/k/a “Joe Gutierrez,” (59, Palm City) to 17 years and 6 months in federal prison and ordered him to pay more than $5.6 million in restitution for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare. Gutierrez and his co-conspirators submitted over $10.8 million in fraudulent claims for durable medical equipment (DME) that Medicare beneficiaries did not want or need and that were procured through the payment of kickbacks. Gutierrez was convicted at trial in April 2025, of eleven health care fraud-related offenses, including conspiracy, health care fraud, and … Read More

Woodstock pain management doctor and clinics pay $625,000 to resolve false claims act allegations

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ATLANTA – James Ellner, M.D., and his Woodstock, Georgia pain management practice, Georgia Pain Management, P.C., and ambulatory surgical center, Samson Pain Center, P.C, agreed to pay $625,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by submitting improper claims to the Medicare and TRICARE programs for evaluation and management services and medically unnecessary urine drug screening tests. “The federal government expects that physicians and their practices will properly bill Medicare and TRICARE for services they provide,” said U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Buchanan.  “The Department of Justice will work diligently to hold healthcare providers accountable when they … Read More

Nevada Nurse Practitioner Pleads Guilty To Fraudulent Medicare Wound Care Billing

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Nurse’s GREED exposes patients with unreasonable and unnecessary procedures in exchange for illegal health care kickbacks and bribes.  Mary Huntly faces a maximum statutory penalty of five years in prison and will have to deal with the Federal Healthcare Exclusion Statute which will exclude her from participation in all Federal health care programs after her jail term. LAS VEGAS – A Las Vegas nurse practitioner pleaded guilty today to conspiring to fraudulently bill Medicare for amniotic wound allografts for patients that were medically unreasonable and unnecessary in exchange for illegal health care kickbacks. Mary Huntly, 67, was charged with one-count of … Read More