Healthcare Fraud Lawyer Blog
According to a federal grand jury indictment, beginning in September 2016, Sabet allegedly conspired to bill Medicare and Medicaid for costly prescription drugs that were not eligible for reimbursement because they were not medically necessary or in some instances they were not even dispensed. Sabet also supposedly paid kickbacks and bribes to persuade customers to have them get their prescriptions filled at his pharmacies, and paid them cash so he could use their beneficiary number to bill Medicare and Medicaid for over-the-counter health care-related products.
Robert John Sabet, 44, of Brooklyn, the owner of Brooklyn Chemists in Gravesend, Brooklyn, and Lucky Care Pharmacy in Flushing, Queens a New York was arrested on March 17th, for conspiracy to commit health care fraud involving a scheme to pay kickbacks and bribes.
If convicted, Sabet faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison for conspiracy to commit health care fraud, five years in prison for conspiracy to pay kickbacks and bribes, and 10 years in prison for unlawful spending.
When accused of a federal crime, regardless of whether you are an American citizen or not, you have legal rights and are able to make certain decisions.
When someone goes on and on about what seems to be a trivial matter, that person might be told to stop making a “a federal case out of it.” There’s a reason that common turn of phrase came to be. Being charged with a federal crime is a big deal! Its HUGE! Being charged with a federal crime is intensive, invasive, and intimidating. A person charged with a federal offense is at risk of being convicted and sentenced to time behind bars.
Having recently written 
As the day rolls on, things are pretty predicable. The mail gets delivered. You throw away the junk mail, then you see it. Your heart skips a beat. It’s a letter from the local U.S. Attorney’s Office. It’s addressed to you. You start to shake and your hands tremble as you tear open the envelope and begin to read.
Typically, when I meet with clients for the first time, it never ceases to amaze me that they have little or no idea what constitutes Medicare fraud is and didn’t know they couldn’t be doing the things they were doing. So, I decided to write this post to give a primer to explain: what is Medicare Fraud?
In a nutshell, the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law make it a crime with serious penalties for providers of medical services to pay or accept any form of remuneration such as kickbacks or anything of value in exchange for receiving referrals of patients who obtain medical treatment paid by government healthcare programs including Medicare and Medicaid, and from entering into certain kinds of financial relationships.
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida (March 2020) – After a six-week jury trial Sebastian Ahmed, 42, of Delray Beach, Florida, was convicted of conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud, five counts of health care fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and eleven counts of money laundering. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the co-conspirators took advantage of and exploited vulnerable drug addicts, the most of whom were only 18 to 26 years old; falsified paperwork; and entered into various kickback arrangements, so that they could pocket millions of dollars of falsely and fraudulently obtain fund for their own personal use and benefit. Out of all the co-conspirators, Sebastian Ahmed profited the most, netting more than $2.8 million in just less than a three year period.