Nov. 2, 2023
The owner of a marketing company located in India admitted his role in conspiracies to commit health care fraud and to pay and receive illegal kickbacks, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced today. Chintan Anjaria, of India, pleaded guilty on Oct. 31, 2023, before U.S. District Judge Michael E. Farbiarz in Newark federal court to an information charging him with conspiracy to violate the Federal Anti-Kickback statute and conspiracy to commit health care fraud. According to documents filed in this case and statements made in court: From February 2017 to May 2022, Anjaria participated in a kickback and bribery scheme with orthotic brace supply companies, elemedicine companies, and testing laboratories, resulting in the submission of false and fraudulent claims to Medicare.