Caren Lissner and Nicole Rosenthal, Patch Staff
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — An Essex County doctor who was accused in 2021 of performing penile and breast enhancements that posed a "clear and imminent danger” has now admitted to defrauding Amtrak, according to the U.S. Attorney General's Office.
Late last month, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced that Muhammad Mirza, 50, of Cedar Grove, pleaded guilty by videoconference to an information charging him with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud.
According to court documents and statements made in court, from April 2017 through June 2022, Mirza and his conspirators "agreed to engage in a scheme to bill the Amtrak health care plan for fraudulent claims for services that either were never provided or were medically unnecessary."
Federal prosecutors say, "They would recruit Amtrak employees to participate in the scheme by paying them to allow the conspirators to use their patient and insurance information to submit false and fraudulent claims. Mirza and his conspirators submitted false and fraudulent claims that caused Amtrak losses of more than $1.3 million."
Prosecutors named a podiatrist as a conspirator, documents say.
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