Five individuals, including a physician and a certified social worker, were charged in a Second Superseding Indictment for their alleged roles in an $11 million healthcare fraud scheme, which involved submitting false claims to Medicare for purported psychotherapy services that were induced by kickbacks and/or never rendered. Mohammad Kazkaz is also charged with six counts of money laundering for engaging in monetary transactions exceeding $10,000 including transferring more than $1.4 million dollars in fraudulent healthcare fraud proceeds to a national restaurant chain.
