give chemotherapy to all end of life patients instead of letting them die at peace. he s accused of diagnosing people with cancer that didn t have it. why in the world would he do that? simply put investigators say money. he charged medicare for the tune of $150 million since 2009 and collected $65 million of it, most of it fraud. money that was very possibly used for possessions like his suburban detroit mansion. it s not clear if he did the same with the medicaid program. the indictment also alleges the doctor told the patient who hit head in the office he needed chemo before he went to the emergency room. s jones was another patient. he was doing well without chemo and switched to dr. fata because he wanted a closer hospital. his son jeffrey said fata started an aggressive
and think every day about what he s done to these people. i m trying to cope with my father s death that happened in 2008 and it s like it s happening again. the allegations stunning. the indictment lists all sorts of things the doctor did. what stands out? the fbi says a medical assistant told them dr. fata once he started chemotherapy said you will have to under go chemotherapy the rest of your life and he owns a radiology center and according to the fbi medical system, fata would ask them to say these people had cancer even if they didn t so they would have to go to the radiology center. he is great dedy and wants mone from all areas. unbelievable. what is his lawyer saying? his lawyer is telling us, he can t talk he s in jail now. his lawyer is saying he s
nice to see you, sir, thank you. thank you for having me. shepship it s my understanding your father received a diagnosis of mild leukemia, and that of some frustrations with the local hospital you went to this doctor and he immediately began chemotherapy. right? that s correct. shepard: and my understanding is it happened in a very unusual way. of my father initially went to dr. fata s office they installed a port in his body, and on his visits to the doctor s office, a staff member would come out to the parking structure where my father had his car and administer the keep children right there in the garage as he sat in his car. shepard: why? they said for the convenience of the patients. but after in the aftermath of all this we re wondering about the professionalism, the hygiene involved in all this. so many questions.
chemotherapy regular minute, aggressive and bizarre. somebody from his staff would come to the parking garage and give my dad the chemo while he sat in his car. reporter: fata was treating this like mcdonalds or burger king, you drive through and get a cancer treatment? i ve heard it come parred to that already and it almost appears to us now as we think about it. reporter: now jeffrey is left with a memorial to his father. milton died four months after dr. fata started the aggressive chemo treatment. he died ultimately when his kidneys failed and shut down. he spent the last few hours of his life in excruciating pain on morphine. reporter: dennis recovered after he left dr. fata but two years later the cancer came back and spread and he, too, passed away. however nancy can t forget the week they did nothing about his cancer while agreeing for the request for medicaid to kick in. i want him to go to prison
unness su unnecessary test and chemotherapy, patients didn t need and some didn t have cancer at all. it s hard to imagine a doctor making up a cancer prognosis. authorities blew the whistle on him. brian tuck man reports. reporter: he felt and lump and he and his wife nancy went to see a dr. dr. fata. he said it was cancer and treatable with chemotherapy. reporter: she said she had a new job and would have insurance in days. your insurance kicked in? yes. reporter: you would pay with insurance? yes. reporter: he said it is better to have medicaid? those are his exact words. reporter: dr. fata wouldn t treat her husband until she was approved for medicaid which she