A doctor from New York received 13 years for fraud with Medicare

In New York, 51-year-old surgeon Said Imran Ahmed was sentenced to 13 years in prison, fined $ 20 thousands and paid compensation of $ 7 million for fraud with the federal health insurance program Medicare. Reports about it press office Department of Justice.

Ahmed was convicted in the 2016 year after the 11-day trial. He was accused of 1 in fraud in health care, in 3 cases of filing false claims and 2 cases of money laundering.

Prosecutor Richard Donague said that the surgeon made a personal piggy bank from Medicare, appropriating more than $ 7,2 million by making claims to pay for services that he did not actually provide.

«Medicare is an important program for many of the most vulnerable people in our society. Saeed Ahmed has put his greed above the trust we place in our medical professionals. The sentence he received demonstrates that the Department of Justice continues to protect the government and the integrity of our health care system,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General John Cronan.

So, the doctor worked in Brooklyn in Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center and Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in vali stream Franklin Hospital and new york Mercy medical center. He applied to a billing company in Michigan for compensation for the procedure for opening and draining, but in fact he did not provide these services.

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