A New Jersey doctor, Muhammad Mirza, was sentenced to 26 months in prison for his involvement in a scheme to fraudulently bill Amtrak’s employee health care plan for unnecessary services. Between April 2017 and June 2022, Mirza and his co-conspirators conspired to submit false claims to Amtrak’s health insurance company.
Mirza operated medical offices in several states, including New Jersey and New York. Prosecutors alleged that these services were either never provided or were medically unnecessary. The fraudulent scheme resulted in Amtrak losing over $1.3 million in funds.
In addition to his prison sentence, Mirza was ordered to pay $1.37 million in restitution and serve two years of supervised release. An attorney for Mirza did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the sentence. An Amtrak spokesperson referred questions to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
