Punjab-origin doctor jailed for fraud in US

Houston : A 60-year-old Indian-American physician and a prominent supporter Khalistan movement has been sentenced to nine years in prison for a $3 million healthcare fraud scheme in the US in which he filed claims for procedures that were never performed. Paramjit Singh Ajrawat, was ordered to forfeit and pay restitution of $3 million in federal court in Greenbelt. The US Attorney’s Office said in a news release that Paramjit and his wife Sukhveen Kaur Ajrawat owned and operated Washington Pain Management Center in Greenbelt. In September 2015, a federal jury convicted Paramjit and his 57-year-old wife. His wife died on February 1, and the charges against her were dismissed. During trial, evidence was presented that showed how the couple defrauded federal health benefit programmes, including Medicare and Medicaid