The FBI is asking for the general public’s assist in discovering further victims of a Hoffman Estates physician who was indicted on 13 counts of well being care fraud after allegedly bilking Medicaid and a number of well being care packages out of almost $800,000, officers stated.

An internet site and on-line questionnaire have been created to establish any extra victims of Dr. Mona Ghosh, in accordance with a press release from FBI spokesperson Siobhan Johnson.

Ghosh is a licensed doctor who owned and operated Progressive Girls’s Healthcare in Hoffman Estates and was indicted earlier this month, the assertion stated.

Ghosh is alleged to have defrauded a number of well being care profit packages, together with Medicaid, for providers that weren’t offered as billed.

She allegedly submitted false claims for medical procedures reminiscent of endometrial ablation and providers reminiscent of laboratory testing that weren’t medically mandatory and/or by no means rendered, Johnson stated within the assertion. These included claims for purported telemedicine visits when Ghosh didn’t converse to the affected person, claims for workplace visits and procedures when Ghosh didn’t see the affected person, and claims for procedures predicated on false analysis, the FBI stated.

“Concentrating on authorities and personal well being care packages relied on by the general public to keep up their well-being is a severe crime,” Performing U.S. Legal professional Morris Pasqual stated in a press release. “Along with submitting false claims, the allegation that defendant carried out medically pointless procedures to counterpoint herself is especially disturbing. This workplace will proceed to work carefully with our legislation enforcement companions to prosecute those that steal from well being care packages and who needlessly put sufferers in danger.”

The FBI believes there could also be many extra victims, Johnson stated within the assertion, including that victims could also be eligible for sure providers and restitution.

Potential victims are urged to go to https://www.fbi.gov/MonaGhoshInvestigation to see if they’re eligible.