One of the largest cases in US history say government prosecutors.
And, he was also one of the parents who bought their kid a slot into a good college!
This is an update of my previous post on the once powerful Philip Esformes.
Here is one of many stories on the internet about the jury’s decision.
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Category: Medicare fraud
Michigan: Indian-American Sentenced to Twelve Years in the Slammer for Stealing $1 Million from Us
Babubhai Bhurabhai Rathod — a New American who brought cultural diversity and an entrepreneurial spirit to Michigan!
And, one of the most stunning things about this case, where Rathod has been sentenced to twelve years, is that he had already served prison time for the same theft from a similar Medicare and Medicaid fraud scheme.
The Judge on sentencing him this time said this,
Judge Neff described Rathod as both “a man for whom the truth is a stranger” and a naturalized citizen who has “taken advantage of opportunities available in this country to steal from it.”
Before I get to the Department of Justice press release from Thursday, I want to tell you about his first go-round in prison just a few short years ago.
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Connecticut Psychiatrist Agrees to Repay the Feds over $3 million under False Claims Act
“…we will hold accountable providers who submit false claims to Medicare and receive payments to which they are not entitled.”
(Special Agent in Charge Phillip Coyne of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services)
Dr. Bassam Awwa, educated in Syria and affiliated with Yale University has settled a claim by the government that he billed Medicare and Medicaid multiple times for the same test at his Connecticut Behavioral Health Associates, a clinic for substance abusers.
The news is here at the US Attorney’s Office Connecticut District.
I was looking to see if a whistleblower was going to get a reward for turning in the ‘new American’ doc under the False Claims Act, but don’t see that mentioned.
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Florida Heart Doc Defrauded Taxpayers to the Tune of $2.2 Million
And, the same newspaper that reported the news from Davenport, Florida had praised him to the heavens just a couple years before in a glowing article about how much the first generation Pakistani doctor was giving back to the community.
Editor: I haven’t written a Medicare fraud story for two weeks, not since this story about the Colorado fugitive Pharmacist! But, I’m glad to focus on one this morning. Maybe I like these stories because I’m a senior and see around me friends and acquaintances getting all sorts of tests and procedures that strike me as unnecessary and possibly harmful.
I’m also writing it because I like the fact that a 75-year-old patient tipped-off the feds and will be getting a big reward for turning him in!
So here is the story titled,
Davenport doctor settles health care fraud lawsuit for $2.2M
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Colorado Pharmacist on the Run after Bilking Medicare/Medicaid out of Nearly $8 Million
The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office made former pharmacy owner George Sackey one of its featured fugitives of the week.
I did do some digging about Sackey and although nothing about his immigration status and nationality came up, there are many many Sackey’s originating in Ghana.
Here is a bit about Sackey and his “community” pharmacies at LinkedIn,
Free consulting services to the Colorado African population and the general public as a whole.
My goal is to provide as much help as possible to the underprivileged who otherwise may not be as fortunate and blessed as I’m (sic). It is also a way to give back to the community.
My suspicion is that Sackey is a ‘new American’ entrepreneur who has now apparently skipped the country after cutting off his ankle monitor.
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