Indian-Origin Doctor Convicted in $2.3 million healthcare fraud case
Racket manufacturing fake medicines busted, factory owner held
New York: A U.S. federal court in Pennsylvania has convicted an Indian-origin doctor for his involvement in multiple healthcare frauds, including a $2.3 million conspiracy involving the illegal distribution of controlled substances.
Neil Anand, 48, was also convicted of money laundering on Tuesday in a federal court in Pennsylvania, the department said on Wednesday.
In the conspiracy to illegally distribute drugs, he issued pre-signed medical prescriptions for oxycodone that were used by interns to enable just nine patients collect 20,850 tablets, it said, news agency IANS reported.
Oxycodone is an opioid painkiller that can be highly addictive and is one of the substances behind the drug epidemic sweeping the US.
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Anand also issued "medically unnecessary prescription medications" in what prosecutors called "Goody Bags" through pharmacies he owned if they wanted to get the controlled drugs, and billed health insurance companies and government insurance plans for the unneeded medicines.
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