Area cancer doctor sentenced to 45 years in prison for

Some of Fata’s patients were on end-of-life care at hospice when he put them back on chemotherapy drugs.

After the first chemotherapy treatment, Flagg happened to have broken her leg. When another doctor from Feta’s practice came to check on her, he reviewed her chart telling her she never had cancer.

Many victims of the Oakland County physician’s fraudulent bills were not fully satisfied with the punishment that was handed down. Many received a drug called Rituximab. In an indictment, prosecutors said Fata gave one of his patients 155 chemo treatments over two-and-a-half years – even though the patient was cancer-free. Parole isn’t possible in the federal case, but Fata could be released while he’s still alive because of good behavior while in prison.

Not all victims were upset with Borman’s sentence. It had 1,700 patients from clinics in seven cities, as well as an in-house pharmacy and diagnostic center. “There will never be justice”.

Forty-five years in prison.

“Farid Fata, I hate you”, Stedtefeld said.

Federal authorities were alerted to the situation through a whistle-blower suit filed by the doctor’s office manager, George Karadsheh, who said he started digging as soon as he heard disturbing things about misdiagnosis and overtreatment.

Be Civil – It’s OK to have a difference in opinion but there’s no need to be a jerk. “I couldn’t believe it. Now, I’m worrying if I’m really that anemic…. His name causes an instant headache”, he said, “He gets my stomach turning”. Medicare and insurers paid at least $17 million.

“I expected it to be much higher in terms of sending a message and setting a precedent”, she said.

“I have confessed my sins”.

But with his trial that eventually led to his conviction and sentencing for 45 years, he was just a fraudster, according to his ex- patients.

The whistleblowers who sparked the investigation are also be entitled to some of the cash, McQuade said. “What this defendant did is unquantifiable”. The patient reportedly died from his head injury.

“These are not side effects that they will ever recover from”, McQuade said.

But to the patients and their families, the apology doesn’t matter. “This case was unique in that it was really about patient harm and really harm that was unimaginable”. The 50-year-old Fata past year pleaded guilty to fraud, money laundering and conspiracy. In total, his scam affected over 500 patients and tallied up 34.7 million dollars in payments.

Ellen Piligian, whose father John, a pathologist, was treated for cancer by Dr. Fata, seemed a little unsure about the sentence. His wife, Samar Fata, served as the chief financial officer of the business and has fled to Lebanon with the couple’s three children.

“He has lost his medical licenses in Pennsylvania and Michigan”, said defense attorney Christopher Andreoff.

“This is a huge, horrific series of criminal acts”, Mr Borman said before announcing the sentence.

About two dozen of them took the stand in court this week to testify about how Fata had stolen their health, money and trust.

A Michigan doctor accused of treating healthy patients for cancer in order to make millions was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison.