A West Bloomfield, Michigan, surgeon will spend a year in prison for his role in a $7 million Medicare fraud scheme, federal prosecutors said.
Mustafa Hares, 79, was sentenced Thursday to one year in federal prison and ordered to pay $4.8 million in restitution. In addition, Hares will serve three years of supervised release once his prison term ends, U.S. Attorney Jerome Gorgon Jr. said.
“This physician abused his medical license and position of trust as a doctor to facilitate a massive health care fraud scheme at the expense of the American taxpayer,” Gorgon said.
Prosecutors say that between 2019 and 2023, Hares and others submitted more than $7 million in fraudulent claims for psychotherapy services that were never provided.
According to court records, Hares and Mohammed Kazkaz signed patient progress notes, which were written by employees in…
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