Maumee doctor sentenced in medical fraud scheme [Video]

TOLEDO, Ohio — A doctor who had practiced in Maumee was sentenced Friday for a medical equipment fraud scheme that put Medicare out more than $4 million.

In a press release, the Department of Justice said a federal judge sentenced 42-year-old Ankita Singh to 26 months in prison following a Feb. 29 conviction on six counts of health care fraud. Prosecutors said Singh filled thousands of prescriptions for orthotic braces beginning in 2019 for Medicare beneficiaries — all of whom were not previously her patients, nor had she ever spoken to them.

Singh was also ordered to pay $4,470,931.02 in restitution and serve two years of supervised release.

Singh independently contracted as a physician for at least two companies that supposedly provided telehealth services …