Detroit’s devil doc, Farid Fata, could see himself sentenced today to 175 years in prison for telling hundreds of his healthy patients they had cancer, so he could enrich himself on their expensive “cures.”
The heartless oncologist needlessly ordered chemo and other costly treatments for his unsuspecting victims, including implants, injections and transfusions; in a massive scam that bilked millions from both patients and their healthcare insurance providers.
Many -- like one man who lost all his teeth during unnecessary chemotherapy sessions -- were in fact sickened to near death or permanently disabled by the toxic chemicals, radiation, and other procedures they believed they had to endure to save their lives.
And that’s not all -- the devil doc also lied to those who actually were afflicted with terminal cancers. Hiding from them the truth about their conditions and thereby extracting additional funds from the dying via “lifesaving” treatments.
Over the years, Dr. Farid Fata raked in a mini-fortune with such appallingly inhumane techniques, say prosecutors, who are now urging the court to sentence the wealthy defendant to almost 200 years for the 500+ people he cruelly tortured, traumatized, and/or maimed.
"In many ways, he is worse than [Bernard] Madoff,” they argue, “in that he wreaked damage not on only his victims' bank accounts, but their bodies.”
Fata already pled guilty to criminal and medical fraud last autumn and will likely have to face some of those he’s admitted to defrauding before the day is done.
He’s begging for mercy, of course, and hoping to get only 25 years for his countless crimes.
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