The FBI is asking for the public’s aid in acquiring added victims of a Hoffman Estates medical doctor who was indicted on 13 counts of wellness care fraud immediately after allegedly bilking Medicaid and a number of wellness care applications out of almost $800,000, officials mentioned.

A internet site and on-line questionnaire have been designed to recognize any far more victims of Dr. Mona Ghosh, according to a statement from FBI spokesperson Siobhan Johnson.

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

Ghosh is alleged to have defrauded a number of wellness care advantage applications, like Medicaid, for solutions that have been not supplied as billed.

She allegedly submitted false claims for healthcare procedures such as endometrial ablation and solutions such as laboratory testing that have been not medically important and/or never ever rendered, Johnson mentioned in the statement. These integrated claims for purported telemedicine visits when Ghosh did not speak to the patient, claims for workplace visits and procedures when Ghosh did not see the patient, and claims for procedures predicated on false diagnosis, the FBI mentioned.

“Targeting government and private wellness care applications relied on by the public to preserve their properly-getting is a severe crime,” Acting U.S. Lawyer Morris Pasqual mentioned in a statement. “In addition to submitting false claims, the allegation that defendant performed medically unnecessary procedures to enrich herself is especially disturbing. This workplace will continue to operate closely with our law enforcement partners to prosecute these who steal from wellness care applications and who needlessly place sufferers at danger.”

The FBI believes there may possibly be numerous far more victims, Johnson mentioned in the statement, adding that victims may possibly be eligible for particular solutions and restitution.

Prospective victims are urged to stop by https://www.fbi.gov/MonaGhoshInvestigation to see if they are eligible.