An Oakland County physician was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years in prison in connection with health care fraud and illegally distributing prescription drugs, including more than a million opioid pills, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan announced. David Jankowski, 63, also was ordered by U.S. District Court Judge Bernard Friedman to forfeit more than $35 million in proceeds and property as well as pay $5.2 million in restitution to Medicare.
Last summer, a jury found Jankowski guilty of 30 criminal counts, including conspiracies to unlawfully distribute controlled substances and health care fraud, the unlawful distribution of controlled substances and multiple counts of health care fraud.
The charges stemmed from operating Summit Medical Group, clinic formerly located in Dearborn Heights and Southfield.
Federal agents executed search and arrest warrants in June 2017.
Investigators alleged Jankowski, the owner, gave Summit the false appearance of a legitimate medical center when it "was a pill mill supplying narcotics to drug-seeking customers," the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a statement.Evidence presented at the trial showed Jankowski wrote medically unnecessary prescriptions for drugs such as Oxycontin, Oxycodone, morphine, hydrocodone and Xanax, according to the release.
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