In the US, a doctor of Indian origin has been sentenced to 168 months i.e. 14 years imprisonment for conspiring for healthcare forgery, cheating from electronics communication mediums and illegal distribution of controlled substances and crimes related to money refinement. The US Department of Justice issued a statement in this regard on Friday (September 26, 2025).
The US Department of Justice said in its statement that 48 -year -old doctor of Bensalem in Pennsylvania. Anand has also been ordered for compensation of more than US $ 20 lakh and seizure of more than US $ 20 lakh.
What did the US justice department say in its statement,
In fact, Anand was convicted of conspiring to present claims related claims related to Medicare, US Personnel Management Office (OPM), Independence Blue Cross (IBC) and others in April this year. The statement of the Department of Justice on Tuesday (September 23, 2025) said that these drugs were given to patients on behalf of various pharmacy owned by Anand.
The statement said, ‘Overall, Medicare, OPM, IBC and Anthem reimbursed more than US $ 24 lakh. To woo the patients to get the gifts received with the product, Anand also conspired to distribute oxicodone out of the general trend of medical system and without any legitimate medical purpose.
For 9 patients, the doctor suggested 20,850 oxycodone pills
According to the statement, under the conspiracy, an unlicensed medical trainee wrote tips for Anand for controlled substances on the empty slips. The department said that under the scheme, Anand wrote 20,850 Oxicodone pills for nine different patients, but when it came to know that there was an investigation against him, Anand hid the fraudulent income in an account in the name of a relative and for the benefit of a minor relative. Explain that oxicodone is a medicine given to reduce it in case of severe pain.
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