Mashiyat Rashid: Pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud, and one count of money laundering. Police in Atlanta have been investigating the death of a 25-year-old Pakistani woman, who was allegedly murdered by her father in the name of family honor. "I've never . What other agencies are snooping? Secure .gov websites use HTTPS Hina Qazi, 39, of Rochester Hills, Michigan, the owner of a home health agency, was sentenced to 18 months in prison and ordered to pay $827,713 in restitution in connection with her guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud in connection with her payment of illegal kickbacks for the referral of patients from the clinics for medically unnecessary home health services. Sentenced to10 months in prison;$415,207.54 in restitution. Check the map to find out who has them in your state. David Yangouyian, 58, of Farmington Hills: Pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Yousef Almatrahi, 34, of Romulus, Michigan, the owner of a home health agency, was sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay $1,359,512.69 in restitution in connection with his guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud in connection with his payment of illegal kickbacks for the referral of patients from the clinics for medically unnecessary home health services. Meiuttenun Brown, M.D., 51, of Toledo, Ohio, is scheduled to be sentenced in connection with her guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. "Ultimately a mixed-use development of some sort will be warranted in this location, although the timing is uncertain. All rights reserved. Sentenced in March 2021 to 15 years in prison; over $51 million in restitution. Rashid has repeatedly violated the conditions. Since its inception in March 2007, the Health Care Fraud Strike Force, which maintains 15 strike forces operating in 24 districts, has charged more than 4,200 defendants who have collectively billed the Medicare program for nearly $19 billion. While free on bond, Rashid violated bond by using a land-line phone and his wifes cellphone to make 137 calls, Foster wrote in a filing. Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America NA filed a lawsuit against Rashid and his M. Rashid Holdings LLC last year, saying he took out a $1.95 million mortgage with them to buy the property but was in default. An official website of the United States government. Mashiyat Rashid, 40, of West Bloomfield, Michigan, was the CEO of the Tri-County Wellness Group of medical providers in Michigan and Ohio. Yasser Mozeb, 39, of Hamtramck, Michigan, the office manager of the Tri-County clinics, is scheduled to be sentenced in connection with his guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and pay and receive illegal kickbacks and bribes. To request removal of your name from an arrest report, submit these required items to arrestreports@patch.com. Tracy Samilton covers energy and transportation, including the auto industry and the business response to climate change for Michigan Radio. "This was the first time.". She'd been working the late shift that night. Patients largely acquiesced to these unnecessary procedures because of their addiction or desire to obtain pills to be resold on the street by drug dealers. The evidence further established that the defendants repeatedly performed these unnecessary injections on patients, as Tri-County was paid more for facet joint injections than any other medical clinic in the United States. Sixteen Michigan and Ohio-area defendants, including 12 physicians, have been sentenced to prison for a $250 million health care fraud scheme that included the exploitation of patients suffering from addiction and the illegal distribution of over 6.6 million doses of medically unnecessary opioids. Spilios Pappas, 63, of Lucas County, Ohio:Convicted at trial in 2020 for conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud, and health care fraud. The scheme involved coercing patients at Tri County Wellness Group's clinics to submit to medically unnecessary and sometimes horribly painful back injections in order to get prescriptions for opioids. Sentenced to one day in prison; $144,000 restitution. Rashid was described by the government as the kingpin of the operation. The spy device was used to track down Mashiyat Rashid, 37, of West Bloomfield Township, who owns the Tri-County Network, a group of seven medical clinics, massage therapy and pain management. The scheme involved coercing patients at Tri County Wellness Group's clinics to submit to medically unnecessary and sometimes horribly painful back injections in order to get prescriptions for opioids. Thanks to the diligent work of the FBI and our law enforcement partners, we are able to navigate the important sphere of healthcare fraud and to continue our mission of bringing those who operate these criminal schemes to justice., Health care professionals who exploit opioid addiction for financial gain do so at the risk of endangering their patients and undermining critical public health efforts to address the opioid epidemic, said Special Agent in Charge Mario Pinto of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG). Sentenced in February to 8 years in prison; $36,645,577in restitution. The case status is Pending - Other Pending. Other physicians involved in the scheme purchased luxury cars, gold bars, and indoor basketball courts and swimming pools. Rashid also owned an office building at 2990 W. Grand Blvd. . The doctors working at the clinics agreed to work only a few hours a week to stay under the radar of the Drug Enforcement Administration, the department said, but were among the highest prescribers of oxycodone in Michigan. Hina Qazi, 39, of Rochester Hills, owner of a home health agency: Pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud in connection with his payment of illegal kickbacks for the referral of patients for medically unnecessary home health services. Violence In The Name Of Honor: North America. Theyre also known as stingrays or IMSI catchers.. Sentenced to 70 months in prison, $2,088,797 in restitution. The Detroit News exclusively obtained court documents the newspaper said illustrate the creeping use of a terrorism-fighting tool to solve a variety of crimes, including immigration offenses. (For more local news, click here to sign up for real-time news alerts and newsletters from Detroit Patch, and click here to find your local Michigan Patch. To police, in other words, this was an honor killing. Some agencies attach these devices to planes, helicopters, and other aircraft, increasing the impacted geographic area. This case was investigated by the FBI, HHS-OIG and IRS-CI. Have stingrays been used in other Michigan investigations? Zahid Sheikh,62, of Macomb County: Pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. These are not just crimes of greed, these are crimes that make this countrys opioid crisis even worse and that is why the department will continue to relentlessly pursue these cases.. Kashif Rasool, M.D., 46, of Troy: Pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. "Mashiyat Rashid is an unrepentant fraudster," Justice Department trial attorney Jacob Foster wrote in the filing. Some of them ended up sold on the streets. HHS-OIG, FBI, and IRS-CI conducted the investigation. Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicholas L. McQuaid of the Justice Departments Criminal Division; Acting U.S. Attorney Saima Shafiq Mohsin of the Eastern District of Michigan; Special Agent in Charge Lamont Pugh III of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector Generals (HHS-OIGs) Chicago Region; Special Agent in Charge Timothy Waters of the FBIs Detroit Field Office; and Special Agent in ChargeSarah Kull of IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) Detroit made the announcement. David Weaver, M.D., 67, of Canton, Michigan, was sentenced to three years in prison, and ordered to pay $229,500 in restitution in connection with his guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. A lock (LockA locked padlock) or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. Now, he says, the sentence is greater. Some of the patients were genuinely suffering from pain, and some were addicts. hit the market with an $4 million ask, $1.4 million more than the $2.6 million health care CEO Mashiyat Rashid paid for it at the end of 2016, only about six months before his and his co-conspirators' scheme began to unravel as charges were filed in federal court in Detroit. Trial testimony established that patients in some instances experienced more pain from the shots than from the pain they had come to have treated, with someone developing adverse conditions. Detroit-based The Platform LLC bought this chunk of West Grand Boulevard land from the United States Marshals Service last month. Michael Stevenson, co-founder of Southfield-based law firm Stevenson & Bullock PLC, is the court-appointed receiver. It is unacceptable that in this nations current opioid crisis, physicians and medical professionals are exploiting the well-being of their patients for profit. Sandeela Kanwal, 25, was found dead on her bedroom floor last July. Joseph Betro, 60, of Oakland County: Convicted at trial in 2020 for conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud, and health care fraud. "Patients largely acquiesced to these unnecessary procedures because of their addiction or desire to obtain pills to be resold on the street by drug dealers," said the department release. Attorney General Eric, Federal prosecutors in Detroit have charged another 28 people in three alleged Medicare fraud schemes.The allegations outline typical Medicare fraud, A national crackdown on health care fraud has landed dozens of people in Michigan in trouble with the law.The Medicare Fraud Strike Force, jointly run by, LGBTQ+ youth are less likely to feel depressed with parental support, study says, House elections committee considers election security bills, Federal judge: Flint missed deadline for lead line replacements; must complete work by August. Tariq Omar, M.D., 63, of Oakland County, Michigan, convicted at trial in 2020 for conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud, and health care fraud, was sentenced on March 9, to eight years in prison and ordered to pay $24,243,603 in restitution. "Whatever this case is or not, this is not an honor killing," he says. "Not too much diversity down here, at least that I'm aware of.". On 03/18/2021 USA filed an Other - Other Criminal lawsuit against Mashiyat Rashid. Sentenced in February to 9 years in prison; $27,417,516in restitution. The site sits across from The Platform's The Boulevard mixed-use apartment development, as well as just down the street from the Fisher Building, which the company co-owns and has been marketing for sale. 2023 www.detroitnews.com. The evidence at trial showed that the Tri-County clinics valued making money over patient care. Mashiyat Rashid, the West Bloomfield Township businessman accused of masterminding a $132 million health care fraud scheme. Readers deserve to know that real story. Z.H College of Engineering & Technology, AMU, Aligarh. Tariq Siddiqi, 44, of Sterling Heights: Pleaded guiltyto one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud in connection with his payment of illegal kickbacks for the referral of patients. A former Tri-County employee testified at the trial of Rashids co-defendants that the practices at the clinic were barbaric.. The court should revoke. Here are five things to know about the spy device and how it has been used: What is it? As you know, I am a champion of greater New Center, which has developed some momentum in the past few years. The Tri-County clinics intentionally targeted the Medicare program and recruited patients from homeless shelters and soup kitchens. According to court documents, from 2008 to 2016, Rashid was the CEO of the Tri-County Wellness Group, where the clinics had a policy to offer patients, some of whom were suffering from legitimate pain and others of whom were drug dealers or opioid addicts, prescriptions of Oxycodone 30 mg, but forced the patients to submit to unnecessary back injections in exchange for the prescriptions. He was sentenced in March 2021 to 15 yearsin federal prison. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, the scheme involved doctors refusing to provide patients with opioids unless they agreed to unnecessary back injections. Despite strict bond conditions that barred him from using a cellphone, Rashid used phones to arrange secret meetings with a co-defendant in a bathroom, contacted witnesses and enlisted the help of his personal trainer to meet with others, prosecutors wrote. In that context, this corner parcel is one that has strategic value for us.". Rashid faces up to life in federal prison if he is convicted of the charges, which include health fraud conspiracy, money laundering and receiving kickbacks. Besides the FBI, other federal agencies known to use the devices are the IRS, Secret Service, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Marshals Service and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Venture Capital Group specializing in healthcare. "That's it 9816," he says. Rashid, of West Bloomfield, is serving 15 years in prison and has been ordered to pay more than $51 million in restitution after pleading guilty last year to conspiracy to commit health care. An email to him seeking comment and additional information was not returned. Mohammed Zahoor, 53, of Oakland County:Convicted at trial in 2020 for conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud, and health care fraud. Trial testimonies revealed that this practice was repetitive, sometimes causing patients more pain. No, I will not show you yearbook photos.). There is said to be a confession, but there was no interpreter there although there was an interpreter on the speaker phone, I'm told.". Court documents from 2008 to 2016 provide evidence that Rashid was the CEO of Tri-County Wellness wherein the clinics had a policy to offer patients, some were suffering from pain and others were drug dealers or opioid addicts, prescriptions of Oxycodone 30 mg, but forced them to submit to unnecessary back injections in exchange for the prescriptions. Accompanying the prison sentence is an order to pay over $51 million in restitution to Medicare in addition to forfeiting traceable proceeds of the health care fraud scheme to the United States (over $11.5 million, commercial real estate, residential real estate, and a Detroit Pistons season ticket membership. 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