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New York:
An Indian-American physician in New York has pleaded guilty to defrauding insurance companies and other city officials by fraudulently billing for medical tests that were never performed and has been ordered to pay more than USD 65,000 in restitution.
Rajpaul Singh, 59, of Queens operated a medical clinic and pleaded guilty to first-degree falsifying business records before Acting Queens Supreme Court Justice Pauline Mullings, District Attorney Richard Brown said.
Justice Mullings sentenced him to a three-year conditional discharge and a restitution of over USD 65,800.
"In carrying out his scheme, the defendant falsified medical tests by recycling old patient test results which he then used to cheat insurance companies out of tens of thousands of dollars. This case makes clear that law enforcement's fight against insurance fraud is ongoing and that those who cheat will be held accountable," Brown said in a statement.
According to the charges, various individuals who had been injured in motor vehicle accidents went to Singh's clinic for treatment.
During the course of their treatment, he billed various insurance companies and the New York State Worker's Compensation Board between March 2009 and 2011 for certain neurological testing and therapies performed on the accident victims that were never rendered.
The test results were falsified by substituting old patient test results.
Rajpaul Singh, 59, of Queens operated a medical clinic and pleaded guilty to first-degree falsifying business records before Acting Queens Supreme Court Justice Pauline Mullings, District Attorney Richard Brown said.
Justice Mullings sentenced him to a three-year conditional discharge and a restitution of over USD 65,800.
"In carrying out his scheme, the defendant falsified medical tests by recycling old patient test results which he then used to cheat insurance companies out of tens of thousands of dollars. This case makes clear that law enforcement's fight against insurance fraud is ongoing and that those who cheat will be held accountable," Brown said in a statement.
According to the charges, various individuals who had been injured in motor vehicle accidents went to Singh's clinic for treatment.
During the course of their treatment, he billed various insurance companies and the New York State Worker's Compensation Board between March 2009 and 2011 for certain neurological testing and therapies performed on the accident victims that were never rendered.
The test results were falsified by substituting old patient test results.
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