9. Dr. Farid Fata
Thanks to the Internet, we can attempt a diagnosis and start self medicating (not advised). But it’s another thing to visit a doctor and still get misdiagnosed. In the case of Dr. Farid Fata, a respected Oakland County oncologist, misdiagnosis was a path to profit.
For years, Dr. Fata recommended and prescribed chemotherapy to patients, whether they had cancer or not! As painful and debilitating as chemo is, this doctor forced ALL patients to take the treatment. His actions netted him over $ 17 million in fraudulent billings over a six year period.
By over-treating terminally ill cancer patients, he could milk more out of them before they passed. By under-treating actual cancer patients, he prolonged their dependence on his prescriptions. By prescribing chemo for patients who didn’t need it, he just made profits. Found guilty of health care fraud and money laundering, Dr. Fata was sentenced to 45 years in jail.
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