RYE, NY — A disgraced Westchester County ophthalmologist will spend the next eight years behind bars over a seven-year-long healthcare fraud scheme and blatantly defrauding a Small Business Administration program intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rye resident Ameet Goyal was sentenced Thursday to 96 months in prison for the healthcare fraud scheme by falsely billing for millions of dollars of upcoded procedures. He also fraudulently obtained two government-guaranteed loans intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic while he was facing charges on pretrial release for the healthcare fraud scheme.
“Fraud doesn’t fully capture how blatant this was and how unjustified this was,” U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel said, sentencing Goyal. “This was not about need, it was about greed.”
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After he is released from prison, Goyal will serve five years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay forfeiture of $3.6 million and restitution of $3.6 million. He has already paid approximately $1.79 million toward these obligations, according to prosecutors.
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“A prominent ophthalmologist and oculoplastic surgeon who has now surrendered his medical license, Goyal was blinded by greed,” U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said in a…
