See Loot From $1.64M Opioid Prescription Takedown: Photos

DETROIT, MI — The accused kingpin in what federal prosecutors say is the largest health-care fraud scheme in Metro Detroit history, a $164 million opioid prescription drug ring that allegedly operated through clinics and other health-care facilities in southeast Michigan for several years, used his profits to finance a luxury lifestyle that included a private jet, fast sports cars and expensive watches, according to a filing in U.S. District Court in Detroit Monday.

Jet-setting West Bloomfield Township businessman Mashiyat Rashid, 37, has the overseas connections and financial means to skip bail, federal prosecutors argued, filing with their motion to deny bond a series of photos that show cash stashed in luggage, Lamborghini and Ferrari sports cars, and other items seized from Rashid’s home in a July 12 raid.

The case against Rashid and six others in Metro Detroit was among those highlighted July 13 by Attorney General Jeff Sessions in his announcement of the historic health-care fraud takedown that netted 412 arrests, including 56 doctors. Collectively, the defendants are accused of defrauding the government by $1.3 billion.

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The FBI snooped on Rashid with a spy gadget used to monitor terrorists. Cell-site simulators masquerade as cell phone towers, tricking the phone to connect and allowing agents to track cell phone activity. A federal judge authorized the use of the technology two days after a surveillance team tailing Rashid saw Rashid withdraw $500,000 from a bank and stuff the cash in a duffel bag.

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Rashid’s lawyers argue the government seized all of Rashid’s assets, so he isn’t a flight risk, The Detroit News reported, citing federal court documents. The government says that’s not the case, and that Rashid, a U.S. citizen born in Bangladesh, has both overseas ties and access to cash.

Rashid’s bond hearing is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Below, see some of the photos the U.S. Attorney’s Office entered in the court record.

Feature photo: A photo of Mashiyat Rashid taken by the government from one of his social media accounts was included in a filing Monday by federal prosecutors arguing against bail for the accused kingpin in a $164 million health-care fraud scheme. Photo via U.S. Attorney's Office.