Medicare fraudster Manishkumar Patel, a resident of Pelham Manor, has pleaded guilty to committing health care fraud, wire fraud, and violating the anti-kickback statute. Over three years, from 2019 to 2022, Patel and his partner collected prescription details from call centers, arranged telemedicine appointments with Medicare patients, and had physicians approve fake prescriptions without ever examining the individuals in question. The resulting losses totaled nearly $50 million.

As part of his guilty plea, Patel was instructed to repay over $48 million to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and surrender more than $6 million in assets. If convicted on all charges, he could face a maximum prison sentence of five years for each offense.