Ameet Goyal, an ophthalmologist in Rye, New York, pled guilty Sept. 13 to perpetrating a seven-year healthcare fraud scheme by falsely billing for millions of dollars of procedures he did not perform, and also to fraudulently obtaining two government-guaranteed loans intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic while facing charges on pretrial release for the healthcare fraud scheme, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
“Dr. Ameet Goyal was an experienced eye doctor who became blinded by greed and routinely defrauded patients who trusted him to heal their eyes,” U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said. “He grossly overbilled minor ophthalmological procedures, billed for tests and procedures that were never performed, falsified medical records, attempted to corrupt others in his practice to abet the scheme, and sent patients who refused to pay his fraudulent charges to collections.”
Goyal, 58, pled guilty before U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel to all charges in a six-count superseding Indictment. He faces up to 110 years in prison at his Jan. 6 sentencing. Read more.
