Federal court in Brooklyn sentenced the surgeon Said Imran Ahmed to 13 years imprisonment for fraud in health care.
«Dr. Saeed Ahmad used Medicare as a personal piggy Bank, misappropriating more than $7.2 million,» said in court, the Prosecutor of the Eastern district Richard Donohue.
As it turned out during the 11-day trial, Sayyid Ahmed, who worked in several medical institutions in Brooklyn and long island, put up phony bills for health insurance Medicare. The surgeon stood at the reports allegedly conducted their operations, and provided their billing companies in Michigan, with a note on the necessity of reimbursement through Medicare.
Ahmed was found guilty of 1 fraud, 3 cases of false statements related to health issues, and 2 cases of money laundering. The court ordered the defendant to pay compensation of more than $7 million and a fine in the amount of $20 thousand
In recent months, exposure to healthcare increased. So, in late January, law enforcement agencies took the act 2 Scam that illegally received reimbursement through Medicare and Medicaid in the amount of $19 million.
