One South Richmond Hill physician, who pleaded guilty to deceiving insurance companies and fraudulently billing medical tests he never performed, will now have to return more than $65,000, according to the district attorney’s office.
Dr. Rajpaul Singh, who ran Liberty Avenue Medical P.C. located at 133-13 Liberty Ave. until 2011, pleaded guilty in June to falsifying business records, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said. He was sentenced to a three-year conditional discharge, with one condition being that he would have to pay back amounts totaling $65,849.25.
According to the charges, various people who had been injured in vehicle accidents went to the medical clinic for treatment. Between March 2009 and March 2011, Singh billed the various insurance companies and the New York State Worker’s Compensation Board for procedures claimed to be performed on the patients.
These tests were never performed, and the test results were falsified by substituting them with old patient results, according to prosecutors. This led to the insurance companies making payments to Liberty Advance Medical.
“This case makes clear that law enforcement’s fight against insurance fraud is ongoing and that those who cheat will be held accountable,” Brown said.
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