Former Yuma doctor Irfan Fazil was sentenced Friday to 7½ years in prison and seven years of probation in a $36.5 million Medicaid fraud case. Prosecutors said Fazil used three businesses to bill Arizona’s AHCCCS system for thousands of X-rays and treatments that never happened. One patient was allegedly billed for more than 1,700 X-rays in six months — a number prosecutors called physically impossible. Authorities said Fazil bought private jets, luxury cars, gold bars, jewelry and designer handbags with the stolen money. He must repay the money, forfeit his assets and surrender his medical license.Read More
