Judge to sentence Detroit-area cancer doctor in fraud scheme

Fata, dressed in a black suit with no tie, glasses and a shaved head, has sat stoically through most of his sentencing hearing, staring forward and away from victims when they spoke. “The quest for power is self destructive”. I don’t know how anyone could do something so frightful.

“The way my father died was very unnecessary and very traumatic for my family”, Laboisonnier told Fox.

Fata, 50, who openly wept in court today as he apologized for his actions, admitted to fraudulently billing Medicare, insurance companies and at least 550 patients through misdiagnoses, over-treatment and under-treatment.

The federal court this week heard accounts of about 22 victims, who shared unthinkable experiences of a healthy adult undergoing chemotherapy and losing almost all his teeth, of a patient diagnosed with lung cancer when he had kidney cancer, and more.

Fata said he went from “a successful doctor who had (an) excellent profile to what I am today”. “So I was questioning my faith in humanity, as everybody would have”.

Authorities said they, too, were disappointed in the length of the prison term, but felt confident that it would encompass all, or most, of his life.

The defense argued for 25 years, saying that he is diabetic, that could be a life sentence for the 50-year-old man. His wife and children have moved out of the country, and he has had no visitors in jail.

Borman had set the sentencing guidelines to 30 years to life on Thursday based on the charges and circumstances.

“We want to get him released as a human being and not in a box”, Andreoff said.

“Our recommendation will give him a chance, and nothing more, at redemption before he dies.”.

Fata will get credit for about two years served in custody since his arrest in 2013. He asked that he be sent to a low-security federal prison in Milan.

“I don’t think he’ll ever receive a license if he’s released”. He has lost his family.”.

Fata’s attorney, Christopher Andreoff, pleaded for mercy from the court.

“We have been seeing him three or four times a month or more because hes asked us to see him.”.

“We were hoping for a little bit more”, said Kat Pietila of Macomb Township whose husband was treated for testicular cancer.

The courtroom and an overflow room were crowded with victims, with about 100 victims in total in attendance.

Karadsheh, in turn, notified the FBI of Fata’s potential crimes and on August 5, 2013, officially filed a whistle-blower lawsuit in federal court.

Those rulings occurred during the fourth day of sentencing proceedings for Fata, who was accused of providing cancer treatment, iron transfusions and other treatments to patients who either did not need it or would not benefit from it. It has almost 1,500 members. Refresh your browser for the latest details.