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Michigan doctor held on $9 million bond for misdiagnosing cancer patients in Medicare scam
Oncologist Farid Fata allegedly scammed $35 million from Medicare for giving unnecessary chemotherapy to patients who didn't need it and diagnosing cancer when patients didn't have it. The scheme took place over a two-year period.
y."Dr. Farid Fata is accused of intentionally misdiagnosing cancer patients to scam Medicare. A federal judge set his bond at $9 million for the $35 million scam.
Robert D. Foley, III, the FBI special agent in charge, said in a news release, "Violating a patient's trust and placing them at risk through fraudulent abuse of our nation's health care system is deplorable and a crime which the FBI takes most seriousl
He was arrested in August 2013, accused of putting hundreds of people through harmful and unnecessary cancer treatments in which patients were terminal, in remission or misdiagnosed.
He was arrested in August 2013, accused of putting hundreds of people through harmful and unnecessary cancer treatments in which patients were terminal, in remission or misdiagnosed.
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