Perp Walk: Down the Hall: Hall of Shame dishonors largest, most brazen, tragic, vicious or plain stupid schemes
Date: 04/01/2003 Subject: Fraud - general
Author: James Quiggle
Seeing isn’t believing. Dr. Shaul Debbi saw eye to eye with his victims. Literally. The New York eye surgeon routinely performed needless eye operations on mentally ill people living in squalid adult homes. His treatments ranged from cataract surgeries to laser operations on people with perfectly healthy eyes. He billed insurers for more than 10,000 bogus services, including 900 times when he was out of town. One resident had distorted vision for two years after Debbi implanted the wrong lens. Another had two cataract operations and two laser surgeries.
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