Dr. Farid Fata is accused of giving patients chemotherapy who didn't need it and diagnosing cancer in healthy patients. So federal prosecutors want Fata held on a $9 million bond, paid from a "a "legitimate, and not illegitimate, source," to ensure he doesn't flee the country before trial.
WDIV: The government says Fata ripped off Medicare for millions by giving chemotherapy to patients who didn't need it and diagnosing cancer when the illness wasn't apparent.
Fata owns Michigan Hematology Oncology, which has offices in Clarkston, Bloomfield Hills, Lapeer, Sterling Heights, Troy and Oak Park. The government says the clinics billed $35 million to Medicare over two years.
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Fata's lawyers say because the good doctor's assets have been frozen a $9 million bond is unreasonable and unwarranted.
