Carmel business owner ordered to repay $720K for Medicaid fraud
A central Indiana woman who owned two businesses has been ordered to spend three years on probation and repay all of the money she unlawfully received in Medicaid payments.
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Indiana AG’s office appeals synthetic drugs ruling
Two rulings striking down part of Indiana's ban on synthetic drugs have been appealed to the state Supreme Court, the Indiana Attorney General's Office said Monday.
El Rodeo owners sentenced to home detention for theft
Their chain of 26 restaurants, which operate in 10 Indiana counties under the names El Rodeo and El Jaripeo, failed to report an estimated $22.7 million in sales between 2010 and 2012, prosecutors said.
Menard: Toss Hilberts’ attorneys for wrongdoing
Lawyers for Indianapolis power couple Steve and Tomisue Hilbert are slinging “ludicrous allegations” of witness tampering just to cover up their own wrongdoing, according to the latest broadside from the attorneys representing John Menard, the Hilberts’ former business partner.
Ex-county auditor accused of stealing funds sued by state
Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller has sued a former county auditor accused by officials of stealing nearly $350,000 in public funds to spend on personal items.
Six central Indiana dental employees reach plea deals
Prosecutors have struck plea agreements with six former employees of an Anderson dental clinic in connection with a Medicaid fraud investigation.
Lawmakers aim to restrict access to meth ingredients
The leaders of Indiana communities hit hard by methamphetamine are arguing for a state law requiring prescriptions to buy cold and allergy pills.
House panel OKs much-revised Sunday alcohol sales bill
The proposal to legalize Sunday carry-out alcohol sales in Indiana now could force grocery stores and pharmacies to follow the same regulations as liquor stores.
Anthem sued over massive data breach by California consumer
Anthem Inc. faces what may be the first of many consumer lawsuits a day after disclosing that hackers obtained data on tens of millions of current and former customers and employees.
‘No relief’ for law school enrollment slump
Just like at law schools across the nation, enrollment has fallen at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, IU Robert H. McKinney School of Law at IUPUI and Valparaiso University Law School in northwest Indiana.
Anthem data breach already sparks class-action lawsuit
At least one Indianapolis law firm already is preparing a lawsuit against Anthem Inc., after hackers stole personal information on as many as 80 million customers. The breach is certain to spur much more litigation.
Court costs could increase to pay for more technology
Court fees to pay for new technology would rise at least 80 percent if legislation passed by the Indiana House Courts and Criminal Code Committee on Wednesday becomes law.
Cuban immigrant gets 6 years for theft of Lilly drugs
A Cuban immigrant was sentenced Wednesday to more than six years in prison for his role in the 2010 heist of a Connecticut warehouse in which the robbers filled a tractor-trailer with more than $50 million worth of Eli Lilly and Co. pharmaceuticals.
Justice complex decision could come at last minute
Delays by the City-County Council could push the closing of a $1.6 billion deal for a new criminal justice complex until mid-May, just under the wire to preserve prices in the preferred bid.
Local fundraiser sentenced to four years for mail fraud
An Indianapolis man who operated two fundraising organizations that solicited thousands of dollars under false pretenses has been sentenced to four years in federal prison.
Indiana to get slice of S&P’s $1.38B government settlement
Standard & Poor's has agreed to pay about $1.38 billion to settle government allegations that it knowingly inflated its ratings of risky mortgage investments that helped trigger the financial crisis.
Probe, questions linger after Ball State loses $13M to fraud
The men who engineered the scams now are in federal prison. Meanwhile, Gale Prizevoits, who served as Ball State’s director of cash and investments from 2006 until her firing in 2011, stands disgraced but hasn’t been charged.
2015 Forty Under 40: Trent Sandifur
Trent Sandifur, 39, is a former JAG lawyer who concentrates on Foreign Corrupt Practices Act cases as a partner at Taft Stettinius & Hollister.
2015 Forty Under 40: David Duncan
David Duncan, 36, a partner at Bose McKinney & Evans LLP, is finishing his term as president of the Indianapolis Bar Foundation board.
Kokomo sues state over proposed downtown baseball park
The city filed a complaint Monday in a Marion County court against the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, saying the agency’s opposition inhibits the city’s ability to complete the $9 million project.