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Geek Dad
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Dad
Review – Justice League Unlimited #7: The Omega Gambit
Justice League Unlimited #7 cover, via DC Comics. Ray: 'We Are Yesterday' is reaching its final act, and it's not looking good for the good guys. Inferno, better known as the Legion of Doom of yesterday, has invaded the present and used their time guns to scatter the Justice League across the timestream. With only Elongated Man left to oppose them, the stretchy hero is quickly overwhelmed and tortured in a pretty disturbing sequence before Grodd gets to his real plan – the Omega Rift, the hole ripped in time and space by Darkseid's death. It contains all the power in the Multiverse, and the plan is to divide it among the villains. Of course, that assumes everyone is willing to play fair and equal – something that lasts exactly as long as it takes for Luthor to get suspicious. All hell breaks loose, and when the smoke clears, one villain is left standing as the biggest threat he's ever been. And the heroes are nowhere to be seen – but they're about to get an unlikely assist. Battle for the Watchtower. Via DC Comics. There are some great segments of the heroes being stranded in time – both in the distant past, and in the far future – cut off from every possible way to get home and with their powers rapidly draining in some cases. And the one to blame for this is Air Wave, who was coerced into betraying the team by the lies and psychic influence of Grodd, and was then seemingly killed off right before the invasion began. But not all is what it seems, and the reveal of exactly what's happened to him is surprisingly clever and sets up a big showdown between the heroes and villains next month. But which heroes, exactly? The final page brings forward a group of characters I never thought I would see gracing a Justice League title, and that kind of unpredictability is what's making this book so much fun. Mark Waid has the entirety of the DCU to play with here, and he's making the most of it. To find reviews of all the DC issues, visit DC This Week. GeekDad received this comic for review purposes. Liked it? Take a second to support GeekDad and GeekMom on Patreon!
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
This Minnesota couple was charged with running a $15M medical fraud scheme out of their suburban home
After a six-year investigation, a Minnesota couple has been charged in a $15 million fraud scheme that has left the community of Eden Prairie reeling. The pair, 39-year-old Gabriel Luthor and 42-year-old Elizabeth Brown, allegedly defrauded Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers out of millions through a neurofeedback therapy business. I'm 49 years old and have nothing saved for retirement — what should I do? Don't panic. Here are 5 of the easiest ways you can catch up (and fast) Nervous about the stock market in 2025? Find out how you can access this $1B private real estate fund (with as little as $10) Thanks to Jeff Bezos, you can now become a landlord for as little as $100 — and no, you don't have to deal with tenants or fix freezers. Here's how "The whole thing, you couldn't make it up," neighbor Sue Donkersgoed, who lives across the street from Luthor and Brown, told KARE 11 News. Luthor and Brown were reported to have lived an extravagant lifestyle that involved wild parties at their 9,000-square-foot home. Neighbor complaints got law enforcement's attention, which led them to dig deeper. It turned out that Luthor and Brown, who ran a business called Golden Victory Medical, providing neurofeedback therapy and other medical services, had allegedly been overbilling insurers and pocketing the difference since 2018. Brown, the company's founder, at one point claimed to serve more than 451 patients a day, according to one search warrant, reports KARE 11. Golden Victory also allegedly submitted claims repeatedly to insurers using medical codes that did not cover the neurofeedback services the company provided. According to court documents, the business also combined billing codes that could not be combined and used codes indicating that patients were treated for a longer period of time than they actually were. In addition to wild parties, neighbors say Luthor and Brown drove luxury cars, all paid for by the fraudulent funds they collected, according to an analysis by KARE 11 of hundreds of pages of search warrants recently made public. Those warrants also showed that in just one month, Luthor spent almost $100,000 at various nightclubs in the Minneapolis area. He also spent more than $32,000 at restaurants during that same month-long period. Luthor did share the wealth a bit — but in the form of allegedly sending about $5,000 during that same month to various women on Tinder. Luthor and Brown are also alleged to have used some of the fraudulent $15 million they collected to purchase their Eden Prairie mansion and cover the living expenses of other girlfriends of Luthor's who lived with the couple and, according to the indictment, helped them carry out the fraud scheme by submitting insurance claims. However, they didn't benefit financially from it and therefore haven't been charged. As KARE 11 reports, Luthor also has a criminal past, having been convicted of credit card fraud 15 years ago under a different name. He was later allowed to legally change his name. Luthor and Brown were arrested in Las Vegas and released on bond. The couple is scheduled to appear in federal court on April 30. Read more: The US stock market's 'fear gauge' has exploded — but this 1 'shockproof' asset is up 14% and helping American retirees stay calm. Here's how to own it ASAP Health care fraud is problematic on the basis of it being illegal. But the issue here goes beyond that. The other problem is that when medical providers defraud insurers, everyone loses out. 'Defrauding critical healthcare [sic] programs like Medicaid and Medicare burden systems designed to serve patients and puts them at risk,' said Special Agent in Charge Alvin M. Winston Sr. of FBI Minneapolis in a press release. 'The FBI and our partners will not tolerate those who abuse the healthcare [sic] system for personal gain and will pursue justice on behalf of taxpayers and patients.' The FBI reports that health care fraud can take on different forms. It can mean double billing, billing for services not provided, submitting multiple bills for the same services or billing for more expensive procedures than what patients actually receive. The United States Sentencing Commission says that, in 2023, 9.2% of fraud cases were health care fraud. The National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association (NHCAA), meanwhile, estimates that financial losses from health care fraud amount to tens of billions of dollars each year. The more criminals that are able to get away with health care fraud, the more it's apt to cost Americans on a whole in the form of higher insurance premiums. Plus, health care fraud has the potential to put patients' health at risk. Providers might subject patients to needless, and in some cases, risky, procedures just to inflate their bills and receive more money from insurers. That's why it's important for patients to be vigilant about health care fraud, and to loop their insurers in if they suspect it. Reviewing all health care bills carefully and questioning procedures or billing codes that don't look right could open the door to further investigation. Patients can also report health care fraud individually and flag issues to their insurance companies. Want an extra $1,300,000 when you retire? Dave Ramsey says this 7-step plan 'works every single time' to kill debt, get rich in America — and that 'anyone' can do it Rich, young Americans are ditching the stormy stock market — here are the alternative assets they're banking on instead Here are 5 'must have' items that Americans (almost) always overpay for — and very quickly regret. How many are hurting you? This article provides information only and should not be construed as advice. It is provided without warranty of any kind.
Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Yahoo
'Minnesota has a fraud problem': Eden Prairie couple indicted in $15 million scheme
An Eden Prairie couple has been indicted in a $15 million medical billing fraud scheme they allegedly orchestrated. The United States Department of Justice said Gabriel Alexander Luthor, a.k.a Gabriel Alexander Langford, 39, and Elizabeth Christine Brown, 42, allegedly engaged in the scheme that defrauded Medicare, Medicaid and other insurers by overbilling for neurofeedback therapy. Luthor and Brown are each charged with six counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering. According to federal court documents, the two allegedly started the scheme in 2018, overbilling medical insurance companies provided through Golden Victory Medical, LLC (GVM). The couple founded GVM that same year together. One of the main medical services the company claimed to provide was neurofeedback therapy, which involves the medical provider placing sensors on a patient's scalp to obtain images of the patient's brain waves "for the purpose of indicating the effects of interventions meant to treat mental-health conditions," according to court documents. However, the indictment states that Luthor and Brown fraudulently overbilled insurers by using numerous, inapplicable medical codes. In total, the couple submitted "hundreds of thousands" of fake claims to insurers, many of which the insurers paid. Millions of dollars in fraudulent proceeds were transferred from separate bank accounts and ultimately kept by Luthor and Brown. The funds were allegedly used to purchase a mansion in Eden Prairie and pay off their living expenses and other expenses of Luther's other girlfriends, who lived with the couple and also assisted in the fraud scheme, authorities say. 'Minnesota has a fraud problem,' said Acting U.S. Attorney Lisa D. Kirkpatrick. 'This case is yet another example of defendants defrauding government programs out of millions. This type of widespread fraud is unacceptable and will not be tolerated.' The couple made their initial appearances in U.S. District Court earlier last week and were officially indicted on Thursday.
