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Pure evil, disguised in the form of a human being.
Lie, cheat, steal, corrupt, and disregard harm to others.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...-doctor-uncovered-medical-nightmare/71027690/
Flagg's case wasn't enough to shut down Fata. He was certain of that. So over the 4th of July weekend, Maunglay realized he needed to find "very solid, very objective" evidence of wrongdoing, an anomaly that even a layperson might understand readily. But he worried, too: "What if this takes six months? What if I can't find it?
At 8 p.m. Aug. 5, Maunglay arrived home from work to find his wife introducing him to visitors: two federal agents, one from the FBI, another from the federal department of Health and Human Services.
"I've been waiting for you guys," he said, with a slight smile.
That evening, he laid out, as specifically as he could, results of his research over the previous few weeks. The excessive drug treatments, unusually aggressive treatment for terminally ill and old patients, protocols that didn't meet any accepted criteria. The agents took notes. Maunglay thought: Finally. Something is finally going to happen.
He didn't expect what happened next.
Fata arrested next day
At 7 a.m. on Aug. 6 — not even 12 hours later — agents arrested Fata in his Chevy SUV. By the time Crittenton Cancer Center staff arrived at work, federal agents already were swarming the office. "They did not let another drop of chemo go into anyone. They just pulled the plug," Maunglay says.
Sept. 16, 2014, Fata pleaded guilty to multiple counts of Medicare and insurance fraud, money laundering, and soliciting kickbacks, while publicly admitting that he'd prescribed treatments that were medically unnecessary.
Patient Christopher Sneary, the owner of a tool and die company, said he was treated for testicular cancer by Fata and that the overly-aggressive treatment left him with kidneys "that almost failed" and bladder problems.
"(Fata) has no compassion or regard for human life," Sneary said Tuesday as he stood a few feet away from Fata. "He's manipulative ... deceptive ... greedy."
Another cancer specialist, who is a government witness, is scheduled to testify Wednesday in the case. Court begins at 9 a.m. before U.S. District Judge Paul Borman.
On Monday, a Boston-area oncologist questioned some of Fata's cancer treatment plans. Dr. Dan Longo described Fata's oversue of some medications as "over the top."
Longo, who reviewed 25 patient charges, said he found "recurring problems" with Fata's protocols.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2015/07/07/farid-fata/29811027/
Fata pleaded guilty to bilking insurance companies and patients out of millions of dollars through overly aggressive and sometimes unneeded cancer treatments, but Stedtefelt said what he did to her father and other patients who died wasn't just fraud: It was cold-blooded murder.
"I hate you," she said, as she testified at an ongoing sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court in Detroit for Fata. "You are repulsive. You disgust me. You are a monster. You are evil. Clearly you are a coward because you can't even look at me."
While she spoke, Fata briefly looked up and glared at her, as she said: "You murdered my dad. You poisoned him. You tortured and murdered my dad."
"My dad's one question to you, as I heard many times today, was 'Doctor, how much longer?' His question went with him to his grave. I have many wishes for you. I wish you painful days, I wish you never see your family again. I wish you are haunted by the evil that you have done. I want your question to be how much longer and the answer be 175 years. Take that to your grave."
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2015/07/07/farid-fata-cancer-doctor/29808149/
Lie, cheat, steal, corrupt, and disregard harm to others.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/ne...-doctor-uncovered-medical-nightmare/71027690/
Flagg's case wasn't enough to shut down Fata. He was certain of that. So over the 4th of July weekend, Maunglay realized he needed to find "very solid, very objective" evidence of wrongdoing, an anomaly that even a layperson might understand readily. But he worried, too: "What if this takes six months? What if I can't find it?
At 8 p.m. Aug. 5, Maunglay arrived home from work to find his wife introducing him to visitors: two federal agents, one from the FBI, another from the federal department of Health and Human Services.
"I've been waiting for you guys," he said, with a slight smile.
That evening, he laid out, as specifically as he could, results of his research over the previous few weeks. The excessive drug treatments, unusually aggressive treatment for terminally ill and old patients, protocols that didn't meet any accepted criteria. The agents took notes. Maunglay thought: Finally. Something is finally going to happen.
He didn't expect what happened next.
Fata arrested next day
At 7 a.m. on Aug. 6 — not even 12 hours later — agents arrested Fata in his Chevy SUV. By the time Crittenton Cancer Center staff arrived at work, federal agents already were swarming the office. "They did not let another drop of chemo go into anyone. They just pulled the plug," Maunglay says.
Sept. 16, 2014, Fata pleaded guilty to multiple counts of Medicare and insurance fraud, money laundering, and soliciting kickbacks, while publicly admitting that he'd prescribed treatments that were medically unnecessary.
Patient Christopher Sneary, the owner of a tool and die company, said he was treated for testicular cancer by Fata and that the overly-aggressive treatment left him with kidneys "that almost failed" and bladder problems.
"(Fata) has no compassion or regard for human life," Sneary said Tuesday as he stood a few feet away from Fata. "He's manipulative ... deceptive ... greedy."
Another cancer specialist, who is a government witness, is scheduled to testify Wednesday in the case. Court begins at 9 a.m. before U.S. District Judge Paul Borman.
On Monday, a Boston-area oncologist questioned some of Fata's cancer treatment plans. Dr. Dan Longo described Fata's oversue of some medications as "over the top."
Longo, who reviewed 25 patient charges, said he found "recurring problems" with Fata's protocols.
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2015/07/07/farid-fata/29811027/
Fata pleaded guilty to bilking insurance companies and patients out of millions of dollars through overly aggressive and sometimes unneeded cancer treatments, but Stedtefelt said what he did to her father and other patients who died wasn't just fraud: It was cold-blooded murder.
"I hate you," she said, as she testified at an ongoing sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court in Detroit for Fata. "You are repulsive. You disgust me. You are a monster. You are evil. Clearly you are a coward because you can't even look at me."
While she spoke, Fata briefly looked up and glared at her, as she said: "You murdered my dad. You poisoned him. You tortured and murdered my dad."
"My dad's one question to you, as I heard many times today, was 'Doctor, how much longer?' His question went with him to his grave. I have many wishes for you. I wish you painful days, I wish you never see your family again. I wish you are haunted by the evil that you have done. I want your question to be how much longer and the answer be 175 years. Take that to your grave."
http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/oakland/2015/07/07/farid-fata-cancer-doctor/29808149/
