Crime & Safety

FBI Seeks to Raise Bond to $9M for Doctor in Medical Fraud Case

Dr. Farid Fata is accused of deliberately misdiagnosing patients and unnecessarily administering chemotherapy to patients in remission as part of an elaborate Medicare fraud scheme.

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The FBI has requested that the bond for Dr. Farid Fata, the local oncologist accused in a substantial Medicare fraud case, be increased to $9 million, clickondetroit.com reports.

Fata, who lives in Oakland Township, is charged with deliberately misdiagnosing patients and unnecessarily administering chemotherapy to patients in remission as part of an elaborate Medicare fraud scheme.

The oncologist operated Michigan Hematology Oncology P.C., in Rochester Hills and six other Metro Detroit communities.

He is currently set to remain in federal custody until Tuesday, WXYZ-TV reported.

    The FBI's request states that "Dr. Fata is a wealthy individual with vast resources at his disposal ..." and that the government’s investigation found that the doctor has access to $9 million in assets that could be used to "engineer flight from this country should they not be used to secure his release," clickondetroit.com reports.

    Detroit federal Judge Sean Cox will hold a hearing on the case on Tuesday.


    The FBI last week appealed Magistrate David Grant's ruling that Fata could be released under house arrest with electronic monitoring provided he surrender his passport and not have contact with any of his 1,200 patients. District Judge David Lawson upheld the magistrate's ruling on Thursday.

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