Shelby Man Named in Nationwide Health Care Fraud Indictment Considered 'Flight Risk'

A last week for his role in a health care fraud scheme is being held without bond after investigators discovered her wired nearly $2 million to relatives in his native country of India, the Macomb Daily reported.

Sachin Sharma will appear in U.S. District Court in Detroit on Tuesday for a detention hearing. 

Federal prosecutors said Sharma may be a flight risk once they discovered he sent $1.9 million to relatives prior to his May 2 arrest, the Macomb Daily reported.

Sachin Sharma, 36, and his wife Dana Sharma, 29, both of Shelby Township, along with Abdul Malik Al-Jumail, aka “Tony,” 52, of Brownstown and Felicar Williams, 49, of Dearborn were named in the same indictment.

All four were charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud for their roles in a $23 million scheme to defraud Medicare by submitting fraudulent claims for home health care services and psychotherapy services. Three of them were also charged with conspiring to pay or receive illegal kickbacks.

The indictment alleges that the fraudulent claims were submitted by three home health agencies and an adult day care centers. The home health agencies operating in Madison Heights and Sterling Heights are: Reliance Home Care, LLC; First Choice Home Health Care Services, Inc.; and Associates in Home Care, Inc. The adult day care center operating in Detroit Michigan is Haven Adult Day Care Center, LLC.

USA Healthcare Guide named Sachin Sharma the CEO of Haven Adult Day Care Llc. in Shelby Township.

Dana Sharma, who is free on a $10,000 bond and forced to surrender her passport and driver's license, is set to be formally arraigned today.

The charges stem from a nationwide takedown by Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in seven cities that led to charges against 107 individuals for their alleged participation in schemes to collectively submit more than $452 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare. The takedown involved the highest amount of false Medicare billing in a single takedown in strike force history.