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inanna

(3,547 posts) Fri Jul 10, 2015, 01:03 PM Jul 2015

Detroit-area cancer doctor gets 45 years in prison for fraud

Source: Associated Press

Jul. 10, 2015 11:57 AM ET

DETROIT (AP) — A judge sentenced a Detroit-area cancer doctor to 45 years in prison Friday for a massive scheme to collect millions from insurance companies while poisoning hundreds of patients through needless treatments that wrecked their health.

U.S. District Judge Paul Borman this week heard stories of brittle bones and fried organs as patients chillingly described the effects of excessive chemotherapy at the hands of Dr. Farid Fata.

"This is a huge, horrific series of criminal acts," Borman said before announcing the sentence.

Fata, 50, offered no excuses before getting his punishment. Stone-faced all week in court, he repeatedly broke down in loud sobs as he begged for mercy Friday.

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Detroit-area cancer doctor gets 45 years in prison for fraud (Original Post) inanna Jul 2015 OP

He ruined so many lives. Good sentence. 840high Jul 2015 #1

Begged for mercy... Helen Borg Jul 2015 #2

Ooooooooooooooooh, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!!!! Hepburn Jul 2015 #5

Excellent!!! RKP5637 Jul 2015 #3

I read the People Mag story about this piece of shit Hepburn Jul 2015 #4

And what about the victim's lives he ruined???? groundloop Jul 2015 #6

Greed Dr Rise Jul 2015 #7

840high

(17,196 posts)

1. He ruined so many lives. Good sentence.

Reply to inanna (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 01:07 PM

Jul 2015

Helen Borg

(3,963 posts)

2. Begged for mercy...

Reply to inanna (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 01:09 PM

Jul 2015

Nice try, Dr. Fata.

Hepburn

(21,054 posts)

5. Ooooooooooooooooh, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!!!!

Reply to Helen Borg (Reply #2)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 01:22 PM

Jul 2015

What the hell mercy would this piece of shit be entitled to????

RKP5637

(67,109 posts)

3. Excellent!!!

Reply to inanna (Original post)

Fri Jul 10, 2015, 01:12 PM

Jul 2015

... "begged for mercy." Yeah, he's lucky to just have 45 years. I would have preferred a very slow painful death for him. Give him a taste of what he gave his patients.