st. LEWIS, Missouri — A doctor sentences a patient suffering from osteoarthritis pain to a year in prison after injecting him with a cheap foreign drug before claiming an expensive, federally approved version of the medical program. was ordered.

Dr. Abdul Naushad was sentenced to one year in prison after a judge convicted him of a healthcare fraud scheme, according to the Food and Drug Administration’s Criminal Investigation Division. He and his wife also have to pay back $235,977.

Naushads betrayed the trust of the elderly and needy patients to fund a luxurious lifestyle that included a $2 million mansion, two villas and four luxury cars.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Derek Wiseman

In the plan, the FDA said Dr. Naushad unknowingly injected a patient more than 1,000 times with cheap foreign drugs not approved by the FDA. The couple then tricked the federal medical program into reimbursing them for drugs that were more expensive than they used.

The medication the patient received is sold by an authorized U.S. distributor and comes in pre-filled syringes. It is injected into the knee to relieve pain from osteoarthritis and is available only by prescription.

“Unapproved injectable medical devices that are smuggled from unknown foreign sources and come from outside the secure supply chain can pose serious health risks to patients who receive them.” Bureau of Criminal Investigation. “Not only are the device’s components completely unknown, but the conditions under which they are manufactured and stored are not subject to legitimate supply chain regulatory scrutiny.”

The FDA said it blocked questions from purchasing managers to cover up their actions. One of his shipments was seized by his FDA, so the next shipment was sent home.

The FDA said the doctor’s wife, Wajiha Naushad, had lied to her compliance officer and friends that the injections were from a US distributor and that the drug had the required National Drug Code number. He said he had fraudulently persuaded the Compliance Officer.

“The Naushads went to great lengths to conceal their repeated use and claims for medications they did not actually provide to their patients,” said Kurt L. Muller says.

A jury in April found him guilty of one count of conspiracy and one count of medical fraud. Wajiha was sentenced to her three-year probation Thursday.