CRIMES
Muhammad Choudhry, psychiatrist, routinely billed for 20 hours per day, Ohio permanently revoked his license. Now Illinois is investigating him for providing group therapy sessions to more than 100 Medicaid patients every other day in 2010 and 2011
Reuters Banned from Medicare, still billing Medicaid By M.B. Pell and Kristina Cooke April 29, 2015 Psychiatrist Muhammad Choudhry NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO – A doctor who took kickbacks from a Pennsylvania hospice involved in a multimillion-dollar fraud. An Ohio psychiatrist who billed for treating no-show patients. A Georgia optometrist who claimed he conducted 177 eye exams in one day. Their transgressions vary. What these doctors have in common is that each was paid by a state Medicaid health insurance program after being kicked out of another state’s Medicaid system or the federal Medicare program. That’s not supposed to happen. [...]
Curtis Steele, Canadian Psychiatrist, 82, Charged with Child Porn, Took Photos of Young Girls
CBC News Former Halifax psychiatrist Curtis Steele facing child porn charges Steele had licence revoked after he was accused of exploiting 14-year-old girl under his care May 8, 2015 Psychiatrist Curtis Steele A former psychiatrist who practised in Halifax and taught at Dalhousie University has been charged with a child pornography offence. Dr. Curtis Steele, 82, is charged with printing and publishing child pornography. The alleged offence took place 11 years ago, between January and December 2004. He is expected to answer to the charges on June 16. In the meantime, Steele has been ordered to stay away from [...]
Florida Psychiatrist Barry Kaplowitz Gets the slammer – Claimed he “treated” 400 patients – Not
Miami Herald Hollywood Pavilion psychiatrist sentenced to five years in Medicare scam By Jay Weaver April 30, 2015 Psychiatrist Barry Kaplowitz A onetime medical director of a Hollywood psychiatric facility was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday for lying about treating hundreds of patients in a scheme that cost the taxpayer-funded Medicare program $2.9 million. U.S. District Judge Cecilia Altonaga also ordered Barry Kaplowitz, a 54-year-old Aventura psychiatrist, to repay Medicare for its loss. In February, a Miami federal jury convicted Kaplowitz of making false statements related to Medicare billing at Hollywood Pavilion, though the panel acquitted him [...]
Enyinnaya Ezema, Canadian (formerly UK) Psychiatrist, charged with assault, loses license
CBC News Pictou County psychiatrist charged with assault; no longer licensed Dr. Enyinnaya Ezema charged after alleged incident at New Glasgow outpatient facility By Melissa Mancini April 24, 2015 A psychiatrist in Pictou County, who has been charged with assault, is no longer licensed to practise medicine in Nova Scotia. Dr. Enyinnaya Ezema has been charged with assault stemming from an incident on Dec. 16, said Const. Ken MacDonald of the New Glasgow Regional Police. The police responded to a call at an outpatient facility on East River Road in New Glasgow. The incident did not take place at the [...]
Ravi Shenava, 64-year-old Canadian psychiatrist, charged with sexual assault
Blackburn News Psychiatrist Accused Of Sexual Assault By Matt Weverink April 23, 2015 A 64-year-old man is charged with sexual assault after an alleged incident at a psychiatrist’s office. Police say a 28-year-old woman attended Windsor police headquarters on January 30, 2015 to report an incident that took place earlier that same day. On March 9, 64-year-old Ravi Shenava showed up at police headquarters and was charged with one count of sexual assault in connection with the case. Anyone with information is asked to contact Windsor police or Crime Stoppers. Ravi Shenava
Duc Qui Nguyen, CA psychiatrist, arrested for grand theft
Los Angeles Times DOCTOR ACCUSED OF MEDI-CAL FRAUD PLEADS NOT GUILTY By LESLIE BERKMAN October 28, 1993 State authorities have accused a psychiatrist of operating a Medi-Cal mill in the Westminster Vietnamese community, defrauding the state of more than $1 million. Dr. Duc Qui Nguyen, who was arrested Sunday at his Anaheim Hills home, has pleaded not guilty to charges that include grand theft, submitting false Medi-Cal claims to the state and writing prescriptions for controlled substances without sufficient medical cause. The charges were filed in Orange County Superior Court by the state Attorney General's Office. Don Kennedy, a supervising [...]
Steven Taylor, psychiatrist, booked into jail – child pornography
The Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) Psychiatrist arrested on child porn counts April 11, 2008 Psychiatrist Steve Taylor COVINGTON - Deputies arrested a psychiatrist Thursday accused of downloading pornographic images of children on his computer, the St. Tammany Sheriff's Office reported Friday. Deputies seized the computer of Dr. Steven Taylor, 68, 420 First Ave. E., Covington, and found 107 images of nude children under age 17, according to a written statement from the Sheriff's Office. At this time, investigators don't believe the images are of local children, deputies said. Taylor was booked into the St. Tammany Parish jail on 107 [...]
Adolfo Hernandez, Psychiatrist, arrested after a 13-month investigation, faces up to 20 years in prison for dispensing drugs without a prescription
The Indianapolis Star (Indiana) Physician is jailed on drug charges; Psychiatrist facing 8 counts of unlawfully dispensing painkiller By Katie Merlie March 22, 2008 An Indianapolis psychiatrist was arrested Friday at his Noblesville home after a federal grand jury indicted him on eight counts of dispensing medicine without a prescription. Dr. Adolfo P. Hernandez, 67, is charged with eight counts of unlawfully dispensing the painkiller Percocet, according to Timothy M. Morrison, acting U.S. attorney for the Indianapolis-based district. Hernandez allegedly dispensed the drug outside the scope of his medical practice and not for legitimate medical purposes, Morrison said. Federal law [...]
Herbert Meadow, NYC Psychiatrist, 79, arrested, he is among 23 defendants who allegedly participated in a massive scheme, luring people in low-income neighborhoods, homeless shelters and welfare offices to corrupt medical clinics for unnecessary tests with the promise of free footwear such as sneakers, shoes and boots.
The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, March 31, 2015 Psychiatrist Herbert Meadow Twenty-Three Defendants – Including Nine Doctors – Charged With Enterprise Corruption in Massive $7 Million Medicaid Fraud Defendants Preyed on Low-Income and Homeless People; Offered Free Sneakers in Exchange For Unnecessary Medical Tests, Treatment Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson, together with United States Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General New York region Special Agent in Charge Scott J. Lampert, New York City Human Resources Administration Commissioner Steven Banks and the New York State Acting Medicaid Inspector General Dennis Rosen, today announced [...]
Jerusalem psychiatrist arrested for sexually assaulting and molesting patients for five years
http://www.mynet.co.il Google Translation: Suspicion: Orthodox psychiatrist disturbed and had sex with patients Orthodox Neve Yaakov presented himself as a psychotherapist being anxious couples, a patient suspected of having committed indecent acts and other women. During interrogation he claimed that he did things without any sexual connotation Haredi attending a patient suspected of defilement and indecent assault in patients more. The suspect, a resident of Neve Yaakov 44, was arrested this week by the Jerusalem Central Unit for suspected molesting his patients and even slept with one of them. According to the allegations, he hired an ultra-Orthodox organization treatment rooms located [...]