Posted on 12/03/2018 3:26:36 PM PST by csvset
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A man pleaded guilty Monday to posing as a doctor at a free clinic in Newport News.
He saw nearly two dozen patients at the clinic.
Court documents said 31-year-old Vishal Patel used the personal information of licensed physicians to pose as a doctor in online employment applications to medical staffing companies.
Patel falsely claimed to be licensed to practice medicine in Virginia. To support this claim, court documents said Patel created and submitted false diplomas and certificates concerning his education, training, certifications, and licenses in which he included registration and licensing numbers belonging to various licensed physicians.
To get other information, Patel posed as the physicians when contacting agencies like the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Patel told agencies to alter the physicians’ licensing records so that they appeared to be associated with Patel. He then said to mail him copies of the altered records.
Through the scheme, officials said Patel fraudulently induced various medical staffing companies to employ him as an independent contractor.
Patel obtained employment through at least one company at a free clinic in Newport News, where he saw nearly two dozen patients before he was fired because the clinic couldn’t verify his credentials.
Patel pleaded guilty to furnishing false information in a DEA record and aggravated identity theft on Monday.
Shouldn't they have verified his credentials before he was allowed to see his first patient?
Sounds like the future employee of a single payer country.
They should have checked his credentials before hiring him.
Anyone ever hear of Ferdinand Waldo Demara, Jr?
A somewhat nefarious Korean War hero.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Waldo_Demara
In another time, it was a charming story.
I called the man as a teen, was a wonderful experience to talk to him.
>>Court documents said 31-year-old Vishal Patel
Looks like a doctor today, fits the profile.
Probably an ex-Democrat staffer from Washington DC.
He fits the corrupt AF profile.
Is that AOC?
Did she pose for tech stock photos while in school?
Uh .... NO
He was as much of a Doctor as the People who attended Obama’s announcement of Obamacare where the White House handed out Lab Coats to the Audience.
“Catch Me if You Can”. And they did.
I think he has his own convienence store just down the road. They even sell wigs.......
But he did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.
Bingo. Since everyone just knows that Indians are sooooo smart.
That’s what I was thinking, who would ever suspect an Indian of NOT being a doctor? It was almost the perfect crime.
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