As assistant chief in the Criminal Fraud Section of the US Department of Justice (DOJ), Ben has experience supervising investigations, prosecutions and resolutions in multiple federal districts. He oversaw numerous corporate matters in other federal districts, investigating alleged schemes connected to the durable medical equipment, medical device and skilled nursing facility industries.

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• Represented a major physician group in civil investigation by the DOJ and the US Department of Health and Human Services into alleged violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law*
• Represented a former healthcare executive in connection with a criminal investigation by the DOJ into alleged violations of the Federal Anti-Kickback and Health Care Fraud Statutes*
• Represented a prominent, public healthcare district and provided regulatory advice as needed*
• Represented a former South American minister in connection with US Department of Justice (DOJ) FCPA and money laundering investigation*
• Represented the former CFO of a government contractor in connection with criminal investigation by SIGAR and the DOJ*
• Represented a Caribbean state-owned entity in civil lawsuit against a former procurement officer and numerous vendors (domestic and foreign), alleging elaborate kickback and bid-rigging scheme*
• Represented a joint venture in metals recycling industry in a civil lawsuit against a former employee and competitors, alleging kickback and theft scheme between numerous former employees and competitors*
• Represented co-principles of compounding pharmacy in connection with parallel civil and criminal investigation being conducted by the DOJ and FBI*
• Represented the president of South American football association in connection with the US DOJ’s corruption investigation of FIFA*
• Represented a Major League Baseball player in connection with obstruction and perjury allegations*

*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott

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