Patton Boggs Snares Senior Justice Financial Fraud Prosecutor

A high ranking Justice Department fraud prosecutor has joined Patton Boggs LLP.  John S. “Jay” Darden is now a partner in the firm’s Washington office, where he will join its healthcare fraud and abuse and white collar crime practices, including Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations. 

Before joining the firm, Darden was the Assistant Chief of the Fraud Section of the Criminal Division at the Justice Department. In that role, he supervised the investigation and prosecution of health care fraud and anti-kickback violations in multiple districts across the country, coordinating the Fraud Section’s work with U.S. Attorney’s Offices; the FBI; the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General; and state Medicaid Fraud Control Units.
 
Darden also investigated and prosecuted violations of the FCPA during his time at the Fraud Section. He also has experience investigating corporate and individual targets for insurance fraud, bank fraud, and mail and wire fraud. Darden also worked with the political leadership of the Criminal Division on new health care fraud initiatives such as the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT) and the Medicare Fraud Strike Force.  Since its inception in 2006, the Strike Force has brought charges against more than 560 defendants who collectively billed the Medicare program for over $1 billion in fraudulent claims.
 
Darden is a graduate of Washington & Lee University and the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served as Managing Editor of the Virginia Law Review.  Before attending law school, Darden served on the personal staff of former Georgia Senator Sam Nunn.