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Former VA psychiatrist convicted of defrauding insurance companies sentenced to prison
by WHAM
July 22, 2019
Rochester, N.Y./Canandaigua, N.Y. – A Pittsford man convicted healthcare and tax fraud will serve a year in prison.
Dr. Xingjia Cui, 56, has also been ordered to pay more than $597,000 in restitution.
Cui was employed at the Canandaigua Veterans Administration Medical Center, and also had a private practice.
Prosecutors say he billed insurance companies for services he did not actually provide. Between January 2013 and October 2015, they say he defrauded insurance companies of nearly $80,000.
He also did not report more than $381,000 of earned income on his taxes between 2010 and 2014.