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Indian American brothers guilty in $32M Medicaid fraud
Scheme involved visa fraud, salary kickbacks, and Medicaid billing fraud.
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Malvika Choudhary - Tue, 10, Mar 2026
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Two Indian American brothers were convicted by a federal jury of running a racketeering conspiracy involving visa and healthcare fraud that caused more than $32 million in losses to Pennsylvania Medicaid, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
Bhaskar Savani and Arun Savani were found guilty of operating a criminal enterprise known as the “Savani Group,” which prosecutors said carried out multiple fraud schemes through a network of dental practices.
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According to evidence presented at trial, Bhaskar Savani, a dentist by training, controlled the group’s dental practices, while Arun Savani managed the enterprise’s finances and real estate holdings.
A third defendant, Aleksandra “Ola” Radomiak, a longtime employee and executive with the Savani Group, was also convicted for her role in the healthcare fraud scheme.
Prosecutors said the group filed false H-1B visa applications to unlawfully employ foreign workers and demanded salary kickbacks from some employees.
The enterprise also billed healthcare programs using the names of dentists who had not treated patients. Authorities said the defendants continued submitting claims through nominee-owned dental practices even after Medicaid terminated contracts tied to the Savani Group.
They were also found guilty of obstructing a grand jury investigation, laundering fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, and laundering illicit proceeds through a complex network of financial transactions.
Bhaskar Savani was also convicted of conspiracy to distribute an adulterated and misbranded medical device in interstate commerce. He faces a statutory maximum sentence of 420 years in prison, while Arun Savani faces up to 415 years.
Sentencing hearings are scheduled for July 8 and July 9, respectively.
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