He was making movies in Hollywood; now he’s facing medical fraud charges

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He was a rising independent filmmaker who co-wrote the screenplay of a 2019 movie starring Nicolas Cage. But Ivor Jallah’s Hollywood career –and his...

He was a rising independent filmmaker who co-wrote the screenplay of a 2019 movie starring Nicolas Cage.

North Texas, one of the nation’s hot spots for health care fraud, has seen multiple schemes involving pain and scar creams, costing millions of dollars in fraudulent billings. Statewide, dozens of people have been charged in federal court. In most cases, kickbacks were paid for the creams. Medicare, Workers’ Compensation and other government insurance programs paid the tab.

Both have pleaded not guilty to the federal charges and are awaiting trial. A trial date has been set for June 2022. Jallah and Turley also are accused of paying for patients’ personal information to use in submitting the fake prescriptions. In the indictment against Jallah and Turley, prosecutors are seeking the forfeiture of a 2017 Bentley Bentayga, a 2012 Rolls Royce, a 2017 Ford Mustang and a lakefront lot in Kaufman County.

His LinkedIn account says he received a degree in video technology from North Lake College and a degree in motion picture production from KD College. The Internet Movie Database says he wrote his first screenplay while attending film school.in a 2019 article that he got his script into the hands of a producer after he moved to Los Angeles. After some editing, it was eventually turned into a feature film, “Grand Isle,” starring Nicolas Cage in the lead role, according to IMDB.

“Nor had they requested the medications or suffered from the ailments for which such medicines would be prescribed,” Miller wrote.

 

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