Healthcare Staffing Executive Indicted by Grand Jury for Fixing Vegas Nurse Wages
- posted: Jul. 04, 2023
- Graft and Corruption, Whistleblower Litigation
A healthcare staffing executive was indicted in March by a federal grand jury, for claims he conspired with others to fix the wages of Las Vegas nurses. The United States Department of Justice has accused Eduardo Lopez and other unnamed individuals for attempting to fix wages between 2016 to 2019.
Case background
Lopez, along with over unspecified people, has been indicted for participating in “a series of meetings and communications” to fix nurse pay at home health agencies in the time period spanning March 2016 and May 2019. He is a Las Vegas resident, who oversaw recruitment, hiring and assignments of nurses at three different companies, acting as a director of operations, executive director and vice president and administrator.
The indictment was specifically for violations of the Sherman Act, which includes penalties of fines up to $1 million for individuals. Lopez also faces 10 years in prison if he is found guilty.
The investigation was conducted by the DOJ Antitrust Division and FBI’s International Corruption Unit, along with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Nevada. The DOJ’s antitrust unit said that their team is vigilant in “protecting workers” and that “wage fixing is a crime that deprives workers of hard-earned wages.”
This case is just one of several similar cases the DOJ has recently announced or resolved.
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