Dr. Farid Fata/ photo from his website.
A business manager for imprisoned Oakland County cancer doctor Farid Fata, has settled his whistle-blower lawsuit for about $1.7 million, but the mess may not be over, the Detroit Free Press reports.
Fata was sentenced to 45 years in prison for Medicare fraud and giving chemotherapy to patients who didn't need it. Some didn't even have cancer.
Katrease Stafford of the Detroit Free Press reports that attorney David Haron, who represents business manager George Karadsheh in the whistle-blower suit, confirmed Monday that an amended complaint was filed in late December with allegations against new, unnamed defendants.
The paper reports that the allegations and names of the new defendants will remain sealed for the next several months, according to federal court documents, while the U.S. Attorney's Office investigates the claims.
"Part of it (the lawsuit) was unsealed to let people know that George Karadsheh was the person who started the investigation and not anyone else," Haron told the Freep. "The part against Fata is done. George agreed to take less than he was entitled so the victims would get more, we’re just waiting for the payment. The payments have to come from the amounts that were forfeited."
