A Detroit-area neurosurgeon has pleaded guilty to causing serious bodily injury to patients in an $11 million health care fraud scheme.
Aria O. Sabit, 39, of Birmingham, Michigan, entered his guilty pleas in both criminal cases at a hearing before U.S. District Judge Paul D. Borman of the Eastern District of Michigan on September 15, 2015.
According to court documents, Sabit was a licensed neurosurgeon who owned and operated the Michigan Brain and Spine Physicians Group with various locations in the Eastern District of Michigan.
During his guilty plea today, Sabit admitted that he derived significant profits by convincing patients to undergo spinal fusion surgeries with instrumentation, which he never rendered, and subsequently billing public and private healthcare benefit programs for those fraudulent services.
Sabit further admitted he operated on patients and dictated in his operative reports—that he knew would later be used to support his fraudulent insurance claims—that he had performed spinal fusion with instrumentation, which he never performed. This invasive surgery caused serious bodily injury to the patients.
The scheme resulted in losses to Medicare, Medicaid and various private insurance companies, totaling more than $11 million.
Sabit pleaded guilty to four counts of health care fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and one count of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance.
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Key Facts
- State: Michigan
- Category: Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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