NEWARK, New Jersey, Jan. 21 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Philip R. Sellinger, issued the following news release on
A Newark physician and West New York man are scheduled to make their initial appearances today on charges of defrauding New Jersey state and local health benefits programs and other insurers out of more than $3.4 million by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary prescriptions, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
Kaival Patel, 53, of West New York, New Jersey, and Saurabh Patel, M.D., 51, a Woodbridge, New Jersey, resident, are charged in a 12-count indictment with conspiracy to commit health care fraud, and wire fraud and four counts of health care fraud. Kaival Patel is also charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, substantive counts of money laundering, and making false statements to federal agents. The defendants appeared today by videoconference before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sharon A. King and were released on $250,000 each unsecured bond.
According to the indictment:
Kaival Patel and his wife - referred to in the indictment as "Individual 1" - operated a company called ABC Healthy Living LLC (ABC) to market medical products and services, including compound prescription medications. Saurabh Patel is a medical doctor who owned and operated a clinic - referred to in the indictment as "Medical Practice 1" - in Newark. Saurabh Patel is related to Kaival Patel and Individual 1. Paul Camarda, a...
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