In New York, arrested a group of Russian-speaking dentists who worked without a license
New York law enforcers arrest 46-year-old dentist Joseph Shiknevsky and four others for alleged fraud. Medicaid.
According to state attorney general Eric Schneiderman, a licensed dentist Shiknevsky hired four unlicensed individuals to provide medical services to clients under the program Medicaid, for which the state has been billed, writes CBS.
"Manipulation with Medicaid using unlicensed doctors not only spend money on the system, but also endanger the health of New Yorkers, ”said Schneiderman.
Program Medicaid paid to Shiknevsky and his company JS Atlantic Dental PC directly or through providers Managed care more than $ 48 thousand for the treatment of 110 patients by doctors who do not have licenses for dental practice:
- Ilya Goldar (50 years) from Staten Island;
- Konstantin Strambrand (46 years) from Huntington Valley, PA;
- Sergey Tolokolnikov (57 years) from Staten Island;
- Valerian Kverenchkhiladze (43 of the Year) from Brooklyn.
Zolotar, Shtrambrand and Tolokolnikov were arrested in 2014 year on charges of having complex dental procedures for patients, including the installation of fillings and root canal treatment, without a dental license.
Some of these procedures were filmed on surveillance cameras. Investigation of illegal billing, which led to charges against Shiknevsky and his staff, continues.
Suspects are accused of fraud with the health care system, illegal medical practice, falsification of documents of the first degree and falsification of accounting records of the first degree.
If found guilty, they face up to 7 years in prison.
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