An Indian-American pharmacist has been sentenced to 17 years in prison by a US court for a major healthcare fraud worth USD 57 million. Babubhai (Bob) Patel, 50, who owned and operated 26 pharmacies across metro Detroit, was sentenced in Michigan court, five months after a jury convicted him of billing the government for more than USD 57 million for painkillers that were medically unnecessary or never provided. ...
02:30 PM, Feb 03, 2013
New York: An Indian-origin woman has been sentenced to 20 years in prison and ordered to pay a penalty of over $14 million on charges of healthcare fraud. Meera Sachdeva, 50, of Mississippi was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release on charges that she defrauded federal insurance programme Medicare by submitting false claims for chemotherapy services, US Attorney Gregory Davis said in...
11:28 AM, Dec 11, 2012
New York: An Indian-origin physician in New York has been indicted on charges of perpetrating a $12 million healthcare fraud scheme and faces up to 30 years in prison if convicted. Utica-based physician Dilip Kachare, 58, has pleaded not guilty to the charges and was released on his own recognizance after being directed to surrender his passport to US authorities. US Attorney for the Northern District of New York Richard...
11:16 PM, Nov 20, 2012
New York: An Indian-American couple has been charged by US federal authorities for running a healthcare fraud scheme in which they claimed over $8 million through false medical bills. Usha Shah and Deepak Shah, both 63, of Michigan were charged in a federal indictment for their participation in a series of separate Medicare fraud schemes involving home health services, US Attorney Barbara McQuade said. According to the indictment, the Shahs...
10:32 AM, Jul 12, 2012
Washington: GlaxoSmithKline Plc agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor criminal charges and pay $3 billion to settle what government officials on Monday described as the largest case of healthcare fraud in US history. The agreement, which still needs court approval, would resolve allegations that the British drugmaker broke US laws in the marketing and development of pharmaceuticals. GSK targeted the antidepressant Paxil to patients under age 18 when it was...
09:54 AM, Jul 03, 2012
Washington: At least six Indian Americans are among more than 100 doctors, nurses and health care executives arrested by the authorities in the biggest US crackdown on Medicare fraud. In all, 111 persons were arrested in nine cities across the nation on Thursday on charges of making false billings to defraud government health insurance programme Medicare of over $225 million. "We are pleased to announce the largest federal health care...
06:24 PM, Feb 18, 2011
Boston: An Indian-American doctor has been sentenced to 15 years in prison by a US court for committing health care fraud with his wife and has been ordered to forfeit over $43 million in cash and property gained through the fraud. Arun Sharma, 56, conspired with his wife Kiran Sharma and committed a health care fraud over a 10-year-period in Texas, United States Attorney Jose Angel Moreno said on Wednesday....
10:56 AM, Feb 02, 2011
