DETROIT – Five individuals, including a physician and a certified social worker, were charged in a Second Superseding Indictment for their alleged roles in an $11 million health care fraud scheme, which involved submitting false claims to Medicare for purported psychotherapy services that were induced by kickbacks and/or never rendered, announced United States Attorney Dawn N. Ison.
Mohammad Kazkaz is also charged with six counts of money laundering for engaging in monetary transactions exceeding $10,000 including transferring more than $1.4 million dollars in fraudulent health care fraud proceeds to a national restaurant chain.
Joining in the announcement were James A. Tarasca, Special Agent in Charge of the Detroit Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Mario Pinto, Special Agent in Charge, United States Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG).
Charged as members of the conspiracy in the indictment are:
Mohamed Kazkaz, 54, of Farmington Hills, Michigan;
Ziad Khalel, 52, of Rochester Hills, Michigan;
Dr. Mustafa Hares, 76, of West Bloomfield, Michigan;
Geraldine Letman, MSW, 70, of Phoenix, Arizona; and
Gamela Ali, 33, of Dearborn, Michigan.
The indictment alleges that Kazkaz was the owner and operator of Centre HRW, a psychotherapy agency in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Kazkaz offered and provided kickbacks and bribes to Khalel, who was a patient recruiter, as an inducement to refer Medicare beneficiaries to Centre...
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