Money-hungry doctor purposely misdiagnosed patients with cancer

(NaturalNews) A Michigan oncologist is being held on a $9 million bond after being charged for intentionally misdiagnosing some of his patients with cancer in order to make millions off their expensive treatments. Prosecutors say Dr. Farid Fata of Oakland Township has been falsely billing the Medicare system for tens of millions of dollars since at least 2009, during which time he has collected about $65 million from the system for his own personal gain.

According to NBC News, FBI agents arrested Fata on the morning of August 7 and proceeded to raid his office, confiscating boxes of medical records, computers, and other potential evidence that they believe proves his guilt. Official reports claim that Fata "intentionally misdiagnosed patients with cancer to justify unnecessary treatments," which in turn generated large sums of money for Fata's personal bank accounts.

Among his many alleged crimes, Fata is being accused of administering chemotherapy to patients who were already in remission from cancer. FBI officials say he also signed so-called "end of life" patients up for chemotherapy, even though the treatment is incapable of providing them any benefits whatsoever. In another case, Fata apparently ordered nearly five times the normal dose of chemotherapy for one of his patients.

If this is not bad enough, detectives say in one instance one of Fata's cancer patients fell in the doctor's office and badly injured his head. Rather than rush the patient to the emergency room, Fata forced him to first undergo his routine chemotherapy treatment, after which the paramedics were eventually called out and the patient taken to the hospital. The injured patient later died from his incurred head wounds, which means Fata could also be found guilty of manslaughter.

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