Tag: Ameet Goyal

"But for counsel's advice regarding the lack of a defense and the certainty of a 30 year term of imprisonment, defendant would never have entered a guilty plea."

Goyal boasted to one of his colleagues that insurance companies were too stupid to catch him. But he got noticed for submitting claims for a grafting procedure seven times more than all doctors in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

He was also sentenced to five years of supervised release.

He "decided to plead guilty," according to a plea deal, "because he is in fact guilty."

Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss announced a superseding indictment June 24, adding charges of bank fraud and making false statements on loan applications.