Chiropractor faces 107 years in U.S. prisonPublished: 2009-10-11 21:03:17Author: Paul Morse | theSpec.com | September 30, 2009A
Burlington chiropractor faces up to 107 years in a U.S. prison and a
quarter-million-dollar fine for allegedly defrauding the American
Medicaid program four years ago.
Dr. Bill Adams, 39, was
arrested at his Brant Street practice on an extradition warrant Tuesday
evening when a patient he was about to treat turned out to be a member
of Hamilton police’s Fugitive Apprehension Unit (FAU).
Adams, a
Lebanese-born Canadian, is wanted in the U.S. on 15 Medicaid fraud and
perjury charges after he fled an order to appear a second time before a
Pennsylvania grand jury in 2007.
Hamilton police FAU commander
Sergeant Michael Csoke said Adams was put under surveillance after U.S.
authorities requested his extradition earlier in September.
Adams
was found after his name and photo appeared on the website of Natural
Care Clinic, which bills itself as “ Burlington’s best naturopathic
medical clinic.”
According to court documents, Adams is accused
of billing Medicaid for fake chiropractic treatments when he worked as
the primary chiropractor in the Advanced Spine Center in Allentown,
Penn., in 2005.
Adams doctored daily billing sheets, the
documents claim, in part to take advantage of financial incentives
offered by the clinic’s owner Future Management Corporation based on
the number of patients treated.
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