FRAUD
Florida Psychiatrist Jerome Feldman Sent to Prison for 16 years – cheated “seriously ill people out of $400,000 with false promises of organ transplants in the Philippines, where he was tracked down by the FBI”
The Post Standard (Syracuse, NY) HE GETS PRISON FOR ORGAN-TRANSPLANT CON; JEROME FELDMAN, WHOSE ESTRANGED WIFE LIVES IN BALDWINSVILLE, LURED FIVE SICK PEOPLE TO PHILIPPINES. By John O'Brien May 28, 2010 Psychiatrist Jerome Feldman A former psychiatrist was sent to prison for nearly 16 years Thursday for duping seriously ill people out of $400,000 with false promises of organ transplants in the Philippines. U.S. District Judge David Hurd sentenced Jerome Feldman to 15 years and 8 months in prison and ordered him to repay $2 million to the victims of the phony organ-transplant scheme and an earlier Medicare fraud [...]
Chilakamarri Ramesh, Michigan Psychiatrist, sentenced to prison – signed false statements for immigrants
The Detroit News (Michigan) West Bloomfield psychiatrist sentenced to prison for immigration fraud By Paul Egan August 19, 2009 Psychiatrist Chilakamarri Ramesh Detroit - A West Bloomfield Township psychiatrist who helped immigrants bypass steps in the naturalization process by signing false statements showing they had mental deficiencies was sentenced to 10 months in prison in federal court today. Chilakamarri Ramesh, 55, pleaded guilty in May to conspiracy to commit immigration fraud. U.S. District Judge Julian Abele Cook Jr. also fined Ramesh $30,000 and ordered him to serve two years of probation after he is released from prison. Assistant U.S. [...]
Mark Goldsmith, Westerville Ohio Psychiatrist, accused of turning crash landing into an insurance swindle
Columbus Dispatch (Ohio) DEPUTIES SAY EQUIPMENT THEFT FAKED; WESTERVILLE PSYCHIATRIST ACCUSED IN CRASH SWINDLE By Don Baird March 5, 1998 Psychiatrist Mark Goldsmith A Westerville psychiatrist is accused of turning a 1996 crash landing at the Madison County airport into an insurance swindle by saying thieves broke into his damaged aircraft there. Dr. Mark E. Goldsmith, 53, faked the theft of thousands of dollars worth of avionics equipment along with lists of the serial numbers that could have helped trace the items, said Lt. Jim Sabin of the Madison County Sheriff's Department. Investigators uncovered the possible swindle when they [...]
Aussie Psychiatrist Pralay Mazumdar – “ripped tens of thousands of dollars off taxpayers”
Herald Sun Psychiatrist suspended three years after admitting phantom treatments By Peter Mickelburough January 23, 2018 Psychiatrist Pralay Mazumdar A GREEDY doctor who ripped tens of thousands of dollars off taxpayers through bogus consultations and telling patients they were sicker than they were has kept his right to practise. More than three years after psychiatrist Pralay Mazumdar pleaded guilty to having wrongfully claimed for 114 treatments, the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal has approved the Medical Board of Australia’s recommendation to reprimand and suspend him for six months. Dr Mazumdar systematically defrauded the Victorian WorkCover Authority of $44,539.78 over [...]
Italian psychiatrist Marco Bonetti accused of sexual violence against six women (5 of them patients)
Google machine translation: HuffPost € 50 for certificates and sexual violence to patients: arrested the aostan psychiatrist Marco Bonetti January 11, 2018 Psychiatrist Marco Bonetti Week of illness thanks to fake medical certificates obtained by paying the Aostan psychiatrist Marco Bonetti 50 euros: for this accusation the court of Aosta sentenced to two years and 10 months of imprisonment each of the two patients of the psychiatrist finished at home in March 2017, a fifty year old and a fifty-three residents in the valley, at the time of the facts belonging to the prison police. The judges also ordered [...]
Maine Psych Reinaldo de los Heros loses license – “fraud, deceit or misrepresentation”
Press Herald Falmouth psychiatrist’s license permanently revoked By Joe Lawlor October 31, 2017 Psychiatrist Reinaldo de los Heros A Falmouth psychiatrist can no longer practice medicine in Maine after he signed a consent agreement that permanently revokes his license, the Maine state medical board announced on Tuesday. Dr. Reinaldo de los Heros, who operated a practice in Portland, had his license suspended Oct. 10 by the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine for falsifying records and other reasons. De los Heros signed an agreement Oct. 23 with the licensing board, and it was finalized on Tuesday. The [...]
Maine Psychiatrist Reinaldo de los Heros Suspended over drug prescriptions – “immediate jeopardy to the public”
Portland Press Herald License of Portland psychiatrist suspended over drug prescriptions By Gillian Graham & Joe Lawlor October 11, 2017 Psychiatrist Reinaldo de los Heros The state medical board has suspended the medical license of a psychiatrist who was placed on probation in 2016 following the suicide of one of his patients. The medical license of Dr. Reinaldo de los Heros, who practices in Portland, was suspended for 30 days starting Oct. 10, the Maine Board of Licensure in Medicine announced Wednesday. After reviewing de los Heros’ practices, the board concluded his ability to prescribe controlled substances represented “immediate [...]
Karl McIntosh, Delaware psychiatrist, indicted for fraud and identity theft
The News Journal Wilmington doctor indicted on insurance fraud and identity theft charges By Esteban Parra July 27, 2017 Psychiatrist Karl McIntosh A Wilmington psychiatrist – a former Delaware Medical Board officer – has been indicted on charges he submitted more than $100,000 in insurance claims over a two-year period for visits that did not occur. To facilitate this fraud, Dr. Karl McIntosh used his patients' personal identifying information without their consent, according to the state Department of Insurance's fraud unit. At least four of the 11 people whose identities were stolen by 53-year-old McIntosh were minors, court documents [...]
Psychiatrist Marek Walczyk of Chicago Fined $100,000 – Immigration Fraud
LAW360 Doc Giving Citizenship Test Waiver Gets Probation, $100K Fine By Jessica Corso May 22, 2017 Psychiatrist Marek Walczyk A Chicago psychiatrist was sentenced to three years probation and a $100,000 fine Monday by a judge who questioned why it took the federal government so long to indict him for trying to procure a U.S. citizenship test waiver for at least one immigrant patient. U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood said at a hearing Monday that three years of probation without home confinement was “sufficient but not greater than necessary” to punish Marek Walczyk for signing off on a waiver [...]
Henrik Day Poulsen, Controversial Danish Psychiatrist, gets massive criticism for “careless treatment of patients”
Translation provided by Ulrik Pedersen Avisen DK By Freja Wedenborg January 27, 2017 Psychiatrist Henrik Day Poulsen The controversial psychiatrist Henrik Day Poulsen is receiving criticism from the health care Disciplinary Board, which evaluates the complaint cases in health care. In one case he diagnosed a patient with paranoid schizophrenia after just one and a half hour consultation. This is the conclusion from the Board's decision in the complaint case, which has been publicised on the website www.sundhed.dk. Inadequate basis "it is the Disciplinary Committee's assessment that the diagnosis was made on an inadequate basis, because a conversation of [...]