Practice owners charged with fraud
Three sibling dentists implanted unapproved medical devices as part of a multimillion-dollar criminal enterprise, federal authorities have said. Prosecutors say Bhaskar, Arun and Niranjan Savani broke at least a dozen laws in their efforts to generate millions in profits between 2009 and last year. The authorities accuse the owners of the Montgomery County-based dental practice of bilking millions of dollars from government health care programs, illegally importing foreign workers, and endangering patients by implanting unapproved medical devices for profit. The three brothers broke at least a dozen laws in their efforts to generate more than $316m in profits between 2009 and last year, prosecutors alleged in their indictment. Investigators also accused the siblings of laundering their illicit proceeds through hundreds of bank accounts and embezzling more than $4m from nearly three dozen companies to cover personal expenses. The charges are the result of a years-long investigation by nearly a dozen state and federal agencies.
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