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Indiana Doctor Nabbed in Italy Gets 7 Years in Prison

A former Indiana surgeon arrested on a snowy Italian mountainside after five years on the run was handed a stiff prison term Friday for billing insurers and patients for procedures he didn’t perform, with the federal judge saying he used …

Indiana Doctor Who Hid in Europe Says He’s Served Enough Time

A former northwestern Indiana nose surgeon who spent five years on the run from fraud charges is arguing he’s served enough time in prison even before being sentenced. Attorneys for Mark Weinberger say in federal court filings that he’s spent …

Indiana Physician Who Hid in Europe Pleads Guilty to Fraud

A former northwestern Indiana nose surgeon who was once the subject of an international dragnet before being captured on an Italian mountainside after five years on the run has pleaded guilty to 22 counts of health care fraud in his …

Accused Indiana Nose Doctor Sues Alabama Insurance Company

A former nose surgeon from northwestern Indiana accused of billing insurers and patients for procedures he didn’t perform is suing his malpractice insurance company, claiming it failed to properly defend him in hundreds of civil cases. The Post-Tribune reports Mark …

Insurance Fraud Trial of Indiana Doctor Moved to South Bend

The health care fraud trial of a northwestern Indiana nose surgeon captured in Italy after more than five years on the run is now set for South Bend. The Times of Munster reports U.S. District Judge Philip Simon issued a …

Judge Rejects Plea in Indiana Doctor’s Malpractice Case

An American former surgeon who was captured on a mountain in Italy after more than five years on the run has withdrawn his guilty plea on federal health care fraud charges after a judge told him he was rejecting a …