Medicare fraud: three Pakistanis among seven convicted in US

01 Apr, 2014

A Federal jury in Houston has convicted seven, including three Pakistani doctors, on defrauding the Health and Human Services Programme of Medicare system around $97 million According to the details, a Federal jury in Houston has found 7 guilty of running financial scams, giving and taking kickbacks, fraud and deception.
The defendants include two owners, of a mental healthcare facility, Spectrum Care PA(now defunct), Dr, Mansoor Sanjar, 81, Cyrus Sajadi, 66 and a physician's assistant , Adam Mian, 33, as well as administrator of Spectrum, Shokoufeh Hakimi, 66, and Chandra Nunn, 35, a group home owner, Sharonda Holmes 40, a patient recruiter, and Shawn Manney, 51, a group home owner. According to sources the Pakistani doctor who owns Spectrum Care was under investigation by FBI and other law enforcement agencies for which FBI filed charges against Dr Mansoor Sanjar, and six others.

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