Update..Cancer doctor(sentenced)for knowingly giving patients unnecessary treatments

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On Monday, July 6, many innocent victims will finally have the opportunity to voice their displeasure of the infamous Michigan cancer doctor who made headlines for his unthinkably deceitful practices. As previously reported on the Inquisitr, Dr. Farid Fata admitted to giving hundreds of patients chemotherapy as part of a healthcare fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy scheme. He also stated that he was well aware that the cancer treatments were “unnecessary” and “excessive".

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According to WXYZ, several victims are looking forward to giving their victim impact statements. One woman in particular named Geraldine Parkin recently spoke with the news publication about how she’s anticipating looking Dr. Fata in the eye and vocalizing her disdain. Fata allegedly gave Parkin’s husband excessive chemotherapy treatments for lymphoma. “I want to be strong and look him in the eye, like he looked us in the eye and lied – except mine won’t be a lie,” Parkin said. “Right now he doesn’t have an immune system, he gets sick all the time. He has a lot of bone pain. He’s depressed,” she said.

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The treatments for the staggering number of patients totaled more than 9,000 injections and infusions that costed patients and health care providers millions, according to the federal investigative report. From 2007 to 2013, Fata’s oncology practice billed more than $225 million to Medicare for treatments, reports Click 2 Detroit. Many victimized patients and their family members are still unclear about whether any of Fata’s cancer claims were even true.

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And on Friday, nearly two years after his arrest, Dr. Farid Fata was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison for violating more than 550 patients' trust and raking in more than $17 million from fraudulent billings.

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