The DOJ unsealed an indictment on physician Jorge Zamora-Quezada. He was charged with one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, five counts of health care fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. Zamora-Quezada has his detention hearing is today May 15, at 2 p.m.

$240 Million is a huge fraud case, so what did Dr. Zamora-Quezada do?

According to the DOJ report, he allegedly orchestrated a massive fraud scheme that jeopardized the health and wellbeing of innocent children, elderly, and disabled victims by assigning unwarranted serious diagnoses, then subjecting those patients to chemotherapy and other toxic medications to the patients based on that false diagnosis. In addition to falsely diagnosing patients, Zamora-Quezada and his co-conspirators allegedly conducted a battery of fraudulent, repetitive, and excessive medical procedures on patients in order to increase revenue and fund Zamora-Quezada’s lavish and opulent lifestyle.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/south-texas-doctor-charged-240-million-health-care-fraud-and-international-money-laundering