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- NYC surgeon gets 3 years for paying homeless people to undergo unneeded surgery in $31M insurance fraud scheme
NYC surgeon gets 3 years for paying homeless people to undergo unneeded surgery in $31M insurance fraud scheme
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A New York City surgeon was sentenced to three years in prison on Thursday for his role in a “trip-and-fall” insurance scheme perpetrated by the surgeon, a lawyer and a litigation funder. More from Audacy.