Sentence Handed Down For Darien Doctor In Federal Fraud Case

DARIEN, CT — A 49-year-old doctor from Darien was sentenced Monday to 87 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for health care fraud and money laundering offenses, announce United States Attorney John H. Durham.

Dr. Ramil Mansourov was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven. He pleaded guilty in the case last year.

According to court documents and prosecutors, Mansourov operated out of Family Health Urgent Care, formerly known as Immediate Health Care, located on Main Street in Norwalk. Around 2012, Mansourov purchased the practice from Dr. Bharat Patel and renamed it Family Urgent Health Care, and Patel continued to work there.

"Between 2014 and November 2016, Mansourov billed Medicaid nearly $5 million for home, office and nursing home visits that never occurred," according to Durham. "The investigation revealed that Mansourov used the stolen funds for both personal and business purposes, and that he transferred some of the stolen funds to a bank account in Switzerland."

From Durham's announcement:

Judge Arterton ordered Mansourov to pay $4,994,027 in restitution, forfeit $50,000 and surrender his federal controlled substances registration to the Drug Enforcement Administration. Mansourov has been detained since July 13, 2017, when he was apprehended after fleeing to Canada. On September 17, 2018, he pleaded guilty to one count health care fraud and one count of money laundering.

On June 25, 2018, Patel pleaded guilty to narcotics distribution and health care fraud offenses. Patel admitted that he wrote hundreds of medically unnecessary prescriptions for oxycodone and hydrocodone, and received $158,523.95 from federal health programs as a result of this and related criminal conduct. On October 12, 2018, he was sentenced to 54 months of imprisonment.

This investigation was conducted by the DEA’s New Haven Tactical Diversion Squad and the Norwalk Police Department, with the critical assistance of the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General. The DEA Tactical Diversion Squad includes officers from the Bristol, Hamden, Milford, Monroe, New Haven, Shelton, Wallingford and Wilton Police Departments.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Rahul Kale.

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