NEWARK, N.J. – A New Jersey doctor has today admitted to participating in a healthcare fraud scheme to defraud Amtrak, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.
Muhammad Mirza, 50, of Cedar Grove, N.J., held a teleconference before U.S. District Judge Madeleine Cox Areo about information that she was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. pleaded guilty.
According to documents and court statements filed in this case:
From April 2017 to June 2022, Mirza and his co-conspirators were involved in a scheme to bill Amtrak’s healthcare plans for fraudulent charges for services that were not provided or were medically unnecessary. agreed to do so. They recruited Amtrak employees to participate in the scheme by paying them to enable the co-conspirators to use patient and insurance information to file false and fraudulent claims. increase. Mirza and his co-conspirators submitted false and fraudulent claims to Amtrak that cost him more than $1.3 million.
Conspiracy to commit medical fraud carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, or twice the gross profit or loss resulting from the crime, whichever is greater. Sentencing he is scheduled for September 13, 2023.
U.S. Attorney Sellinger has honored the Amtrak Inspector General’s Special Agents under the direction of Special Agent Michael J. Waters. Special Agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration under the direction of Special Agent Frank A. Tarentino III in New York. The Amtrak Police Department, under Chief of Police Sam Dotson, is conducting an investigation leading to today’s guilty plea.
The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Catherine M. Romano of Newark’s Healthcare Fraud Unit.