A federal bankruptcy judge has given the federal government the nod to pursue $22 million in claims against two entities controlled by former nursing home executive Antonio Giordano's children, the Providence Journal reported today. Bankruptcy Judge William Hillman, sitting in for Judge Diane Finkle, gave the government the approval to seek the money in U.S. District Court from Potter Road Trust and Evergreen Estates Managing Corp. Acting on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the IRS, the government sought the go-ahead following U.S. District Court Chief Judge Mary Lisi's ruling ordering Giordano to pay $13.8 million for diverting millions of dollars from two failing nursing homes and her blistering rebuke that he used the projects as "his own personal piggy bank." The IRS also seeks $8.9 million in payroll taxes.
