Doctor Gets 14 Years For Opioid Distribution And Fraud

Doctor Gets 14 Years For Opioid Distribution And Fraud

India-West Staff Reporter BENSALEM, PA– A Pennsylvania physician has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for orchestrating health care fraud and illegally prescribing opioids in a scheme that defrauded insurers and endangered patients. Neil K. Anand, M.D., 48, was convicted in April of conspiracy to commit health care and wire fraud, three counts of health care fraud, one count of money laundering, four counts of unlawful monetary trans…

Physician sentenced to 14 Years for illegal distribution of opioids and health care fraud conspiracies

Tuesday, September 23, 2025 A Pennsylvania doctor was sentenced today to 168 months in prison for orchestrating conspiracies to commit health care fraud, wire fraud, and unlawful distribution of controlled substances and money-laundering related offenses. He was also ordered to pay over $2 million in restitution and over $2 million in forfeiture. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Neil K. Anand, M.D., 48, of Bensalem, …