ALEXANDRIA, Va. – U.S. Attorney Jessica D. Aber announced today that the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) collected over $25 million in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2022. Of this amount, roughly $14 million was collected in criminal actions and almost $11 million was collected in civil actions.
Additionally, EDVA worked with other U.S. Attorney’s Offices and components of the Department of Justice to collect an additional $6.1 million in cases pursued jointly by these offices. Of this amount, $13,000 was collected in criminal actions and over $6 million was collected in civil actions.
In November, EDVA secured a civil resolution with Raley and Advanced Spine and Pain, PLLC, owned by Thomas Raley, Jr, at the time, where the parties jointly paid $3,159,378.51 to settle civil claims under the False Claims Act, the Virginia Fraud Against Taxpayers Act, and common law remedies. Raley was writing and referring compounded drug prescriptions in return for illegal kickback payments and sentenced to 3 years in prison after pleading guilty to criminal charges.
In February, after pleading guilty to fraud charges for 12-year bribery scheme with former Norfolk Sheriff Robert McCabe, Gerard Boyle, Chief Executive Officer of Correct Care Solutions, was sentenced to three years in prison and EDVA secured a court order for Boyle to forfeit $2,700,000, in addition to a $35,000 fine, both of which Boyle has paid in full.
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