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Four Individuals Charged in Medicare Scam Exposed
Four individuals, including a physician, two clinic owners, and a nurse, have been charged in court documents unsealed today in the Eastern District of Michigan for their alleged participation in a Medicare fraud scheme involving home health services.
According to court documents, the scheme allegedly involved a total of more than $1.6 million in fraudulent claims submitted to Medicare for home health care services that were medically unnecessary and/or never provided. The four defendants, who were arrested this morning, allegedly operated the scheme out of Angle’s Touch Home Health Care LLC, a home health agency in Taylor, Mich.
The defendants charged include Dr. Sonjai Poonpanij, 77, of Rochester, Mich.; clinic owners Attaullah Arain, 45, of Brownstown, Mich., and Nadia Arain, 39, of Brownstown; and registered nurse Judith Ragasa, 49, of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Law enforcement agents executed search warrants at two locations and seizure warrants for 16 bank accounts related to the alleged fraud schemes. The cases are being prosecuted by Trial Attorneys Niall M. O’Donnell and Catherine K. Dick of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section.
The investigation was conducted jointly by the FBI and HHS-OIG, as part of the Medicare Fraud Strike Force, supervised by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan and the Criminal Division’s Fraud Section.
Indictments and criminal complaints contain merely charges, and defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Since its inception in March 2007, the Medicare Fraud Strike Force has charged more than 1,330 defendants who have collectively billed the Medicare program for more than $4 billion.
To learn more about the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team (HEAT), go to www.stopmedicarefraud.gov.
Key Facts
- State: Michigan
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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