Sentenced to 18 months in prison; $827,713.00 in restitution. The case According to evidence presented at trial, the four doctors worked at clinics operated by Tri-County Group owned by co-conspirator Mashiyat Rashid from 2008 to 2016. SCHEDULING ORDER as to Mashiyat Rashid, Yasser Mozeb, Spilios Pappas, Joseph Betro, Tariq Omar, Mohammed Zahoor Motions due by 2/2/2018 Pretrial Conference set for 3/26/2018 03:30 PM before District Judge Denise Page Hood Plea due by 3/26/2018 Jury Trial set for 4/16/2018 09:00 AM before District Judge Denise Page Hood Signed by District Judge . "Supposedly Tara the big plantation from 'Gone with the Wind' this is where it was located," Christian says of the family's home. 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Hussein Saad, M.D., 42, of Dearborn, Michigan, was sentenced to 10 months in prison, and ordered to pay $415,207.54 in restitution in connection with his guilty plea to one count of false statements. Shahid Malik is a local representative of Atlanta's Pakistani population and one of the very few willing to speak about the Rashid case. "Ultimately a mixed-use development of some sort will be warranted in this location, although the timing is uncertain. An email to him seeking comment and additional information was not returned. Mashiyat Rashid, 37, of West Bloomfield, Michigan; Spilios Pappas, 61, of Monclova, Ohio; Joseph Betro, 57, of Novi, Michigan; Tariq Omar, 61, of West Bloomfield, Michigan; and Mohammed Zahoor, 51, also of Novi, were each charged with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud. With a Crains Detroit Subscription you get exclusive access, insights and experiences to help you succeed in business. 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. The companies included Tri-County Physicians and National Laboratories, which have offices at Detroits iconic Fisher Building. Hussein Saad, 42, of Dearborn: Pleaded guilty to one count of making false statements. Francisco Patino, a doctor and part-owner of the clinics, bought jewelry, cars and vacations, as well as paid Ultimate Fighting Championship and other mixed martial arts fighters to promote his specialized diet program. In this circumstance, these medical professionals provided prescription drugs to those with no medical need. Capitol Commission moves toward firearm ban, Biden's student loan relief faces its biggest test yet at the Supreme Court, Feds target Medicare fraud in Detroit, nationwide, More Medicare fraud charges announced in Detroit, Michiganders swept up in health care fraud investigation. The physicians sentenced by the court include: Other defendants sentenced by the court include: The following defendants are scheduled to be sentenced on future dates: The FBI, HHS-OIG and IRS-CI investigated the case. 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. Mashiyat Rashid: Pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud, and one count of money laundering. 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. They asked him again what he'd said and he said, 'My daughter's dead.'". Past the cemetery where the flag still flies, he pulls into a quiet street with tidy brickfront two-story homes. David Yangouyian, 58, of Farmington Hills: Pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. A message was sent to the company through an email address listed on its Facebook page; a direct message through the social media platform was also sent. (USA Herald) - This is the case of Alturas Indian Rancheria v. Newsom et al., in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District We are The People's Media. The Feb. 7 filing also says the building's two largest tenants, Henry Ford Health System and Walker-Miller Energy Services LLC, have moved out. Z.H College of Engineering & Technology, AMU, Aligarh. The masterminds behind the scheme were co-owners Francisco Patino and Rashid. "It is not based on Pakistani law. https://www.justice.gov/criminal-fraud/health-care-fraud-unit. Official websites use .gov She began her career at Michigan Radio as an intern, where she was promptly bitten by the radio bug, and never recovered. Perpetrated through a multi-state network of pain clinics from 2007 to 2018, the evidence established that the clinics were pill mills frequented by patients suffering from addiction, as well as drug dealers, who sought to obtain high-dosage prescription drugs like oxycodone. An additional 1,556 people died from synthetic narcotic overdose, including fentanyl. 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. Rashid was described by the government as the kingpin of the operation. Authorities allege he was caught with a duffel bag stuffed with $500,000. Spilios Pappas, M.D., 63, of Lucas County, Ohio, 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 nine years in prison and ordered to pay $32,287,758 in restitution. "They've got a 'for sale' sign in the yard. The evidence further established that the proceeds of the fraud were used to fuel lavish lifestyles. Mashiyat Rashid, 40, of West Bloomfield, Michigan, was the CEO of the Tri-County Wellness Group of medical providers in Michigan and Ohio. A lock (LockA locked padlock) or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. Kim Page, who is marketing the property for sale at $67.72 per square foot, said her company, Front Page Properties, has had a lot of activity in the building but no formal offers yet. Christian says when police arrived at the house, they found the 57-year-old pizza shop owner sitting cross-legged in his driveway, smoking a cigarette. On wednesday, Chief Judge Denise Page Hood of the Eastern District of Michigan sentenced Rashid who was responsible for leading a $150 million conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program. Official websites use .gov 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. 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. Readers deserve to know that real story. Marivic has been a freelance writer/journalist for nearly 20 years. 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 (DEA), yet were among the highest prescribers of oxycodone in the State of Michigan. Sign up for our Commercial Real Estate Report newsletterto receive the latest news, exclusives and analysis right in your inbox. David Weaver, 67, of Canton: Pleadedguilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Pain clinics and other medical providers under his direction forced patients to undergo extremely lucrative back injections in return for Oxycodone prescriptions. Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way, Excellence in Education Award Nominations. But Begner isn't sure. Mashiyat Rashid, the West Bloomfield Township businessman accused of masterminding a $132 million health care fraud scheme. Since joining Crain's Detroit Business in 2013, he has written about leasing, development and property sales in Detroit and its suburbs, as well as the industry's trends, personalities and quirks. A West Bloomfield Township man's $150 million in health care fraud is trickling its way through Detroit commercial real estate as a sale of a New Center area building appears imminent. Justice Department policies require warrants and court orders, but there is no policy for local police agencies, The Detroit News said. ICE used cell-site simulators to snoop on undocumented immigrants after President Trump ordered a crackdown on people who have entered the country illegally, and he ATF used the device to gather information on a Metro Detroit man accused in a low-level gun crime, The Detroit News reported. Sentenced March 9to 8 years in prison;$24,243,603 in restitution. 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., Patients look to physicians and medical professionals for their expertise and knowledge, trusting that they will do what is best to take care of them, said Assistant Director Luis Quesada of the FBIs Criminal Investigative Division. Evidence further established that the defendant physicians repeatedly performed these unnecessary injections on patients over several years and were paid more for facet joint injections than any other medical clinic in the United States. 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. "It's not clear to me Mr. Rashid understood that by giving a statement, it might be held against him," he says. The United Nations estimates around 5,000 deaths occur each year mostly of women, mostly in South Asia and the Middle East. They're from Pakistan. Sentenced March 9 to 9 years in prison; $32,287,758 in restitution. "That's it 9816," he says. Sandeela's dead. Sentenced to 6 months in prison; $35,480.98 in restitution. She strictly adheres to the ethical standards in journalism. Kashif Rasool, M.D., 46, of Troy: Pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Troy, MI. The day before The Platform finalized the deal, I reported that the doctor billionaire developer and mortgage mogul Dan Gilbert credited with saving his life when he had a stroke nearly three years ago is heading to federal prison for 3 1/2 years after being sentenced for conspiracy to commit health care fraud as part of the case. . In Michigan, the Oakland County Sheriffs Office and Michigan State Police both use the counter-terrorism listening devices. 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. The justice department said evidence showed doctors in the scheme pressured patients dealing with addiction to undergo unnecessary,expensive and sometimes painful back injections in order to be provided with opioids, including high-dosage prescription drugs like oxycodone. Polite Jr. of the Justice Departments Criminal Division said in a statement. Seven other people connected to the operation still await sentencing. 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. At the time Rashid pleaded guilty, U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider called the crimes "particularly troubling" because Rashid's clinics "made Michigan's opioid crisis even worse by prescribing over 6 million dosages of medically unnecessary opioids to individuals who were already suffering from opioid addiction.". We also report on politics on the State and National levels. hide caption. "Mashiyat Rashid is an unrepentant fraudster," Justice Department trial attorney Jacob Foster wrote in the filing. Check the map to find out who has them in your state. WRSX 91.3 Port Huron is off the air due to network issues. Like the Detroit Patch Facebook page; story continues below. Since March 2007, this Program, comprised of 15 strike forces operating in 24 federal districts, has charged more than 4,200 defendants who collectively have billed the Medicare program for more than $19 billion. The specific injections used had nothing to do with the medical needs of the patients but were instead selected to be administered because they were the highest-paying injection procedures. 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. Staying current is easy with Crain's news delivered straight to your inbox, free of charge. Chaudry Rashid loved his daughter.". The Fraud Section leads the Health Care Fraud Strike Force. Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicholas L. 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