Lombard Dermatologist Billed Insurance Companies for Cancer Treatments He Never Performed: FBI

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A Lombard dermatologist was sentenced last week to seven years in federal prison for submitting hundreds of false insurance claims for alleged skin cancer treatment that was unnecessary or never performed, according to federal officials.

Robert Kolbusz, 58, was sentenced Friday to 84 months in prison and ordered to pay over $3.7 million in restitution. A jury convicted him last year of three counts of wire fraud, according to a Federal Bureau of Investigation press release. Kolbusz operated Center for Dermatology and Skin at 2500 S. Highland Ave. in Lombard, according to the Chicago Business Journal.

Kolbusz made the false claims to Medicare and private insurers, causing them to pay out for “treatments to destroy pre-cancerous lesions,” according to the news release.

“In reality, his patients did not have pre-cancerous lesions, and many of the treatments billed by Kolbusz were cosmetic procedures, such as Erbium ‘lunchtime laser peels,’ performed by non-medical professionals from his office,” according to the FBI news release.

The full press release can be viewed on the FBI website.