Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that AMEET GOYAL, M.D., (“GOYAL”) an ophthalmologist in Rye, New York, was sentenced today to 96 months in prison for orchestrating a seven-year healthcare fraud scheme by falsely billing for millions of dollars of upcoded procedures, and also for fraudulently obtaining two Government-guaranteed loans intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic while he was facing charges on pretrial release for the healthcare fraud scheme. In imposing the sentence today, U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel noted, “Fraud doesn’t fully capture how blatant this was and how unjustified this was… This was not about need, it was about greed.” GOYAL previously pled guilty to all charges in a six-count superseding Indictment before Judge Seibel on September 13, 2021.
In addition to the prison term, GOYAL was sentenced today to five years of supervised release, and ordered to pay forfeiture of $3.6 million and restitution of $3.6 million. GOYAL has already paid approximately $1.79 million toward these obligations.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “A prominent ophthalmologist and oculoplastic surgeon who has now surrendered his medical license, AMEET GOYAL was blinded by greed. Over a seven-year period, he preyed on the trust placed in him and cheated patients and insurance companies of $3.6 million in false charges. To cover his tracks, he created fictitious operative reports, seeded...
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