Canton Pharmacist Sentenced to 17 Years in Federal Prison
U.S. District Judge Arthur Tarnow called the actions of Babubhai "Bob" Patel 'reprehensible.'
A 50-year-old Canton pharmacist who owned and operated 26 pharmacies in the metro Detroit area was sentenced Friday to 17 years in federal prison after being convicted in an elaborate scheme. U.S. District Judge Arthur Tarnow, who sentenced Babubhai "Bob" Patel on 26 convictions for a health care fraud conspiracy, a drug conspiracy, and related fraud and drug violations, had harsh words for the man. "What you have done is reprehensible," the judge said, adding that he's seen other heath care frauds in the past, but that they've all been "small scale compared to this." In addition to the prison sentence, Patel also was ordered to pay $17.3 in restitution to the federal Medicaid and Medicare programs and an additional $1.5 million in …
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1:58 pm on Wednesday, September 12, 2012
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