Posted on 04/29/2020 2:50:50 PM PDT by Libloather
DETROIT -- A Michigan doctor who operated medical spa facilities across the U.S. was charged with one count each of health care fraud and conspiracy to commit health care fraud for an alleged multi-million dollar scam.
The fraud charge has a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, unless the violation results in serious bodily injury to a patient. Then the maximum sentence is 20 years. If the violation results in death, a life sentence can be imposed.
The doctor is also accused of ordering employees known to have tested positive for COVID-19 to continue working with patients at the medical spa. However, criminal charges have not been filed in relation to those accusations.
According to an unsealed 47-page complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Detroit, Dr. Charles Mok II, the lone defendant in the case, is the owner of the Allure Medical Spa. Mok is accused of having Allure falsely bill the federal medicare system for treatments given to patients.
A cooperating witness who worked directly with Mok and has access to company records shared information with investigators that showed the facility allegedly improperly billed Medicare for services that were “unreasonable, unnecessary, or that simply did not occur as Allure reported to have occurred,” according to the complaint.
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I just looked up “Medical Spa”, why in the hell would this ever Be Covered under ANY Medicare,Medicaid or any other insurance of any kind?? The term Medical Spa to me says FRAUD. Who The F%$%^ is Allowing this in the First Place??
What’s going on with Michigan and their doctors.
I was a patient of Fariq Fata, the quack that was diagnosing healthy people with cancer in order to treat them for the insurance money. He was sent away. In fact, I stand to get a refund of all the money I ever had to pay him through co-pays and the like.
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