Three Montgomery Township residents are among the 12 co-conspirators named in a federal grand jury indictment by the U.S. Attorney’s office last week, alleging a family of dental practice owners in Maple Glen and Blue Bell known as “The Savani Group” took part in a massive multi-state fraud scheme along with racketeering and organized crime.
All indicted face hundreds of years in prison, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s office.
According to The Reporter, The Savani Group’s owners and co-conspirators are charged with visa fraud, health care fraud, wire fraud, federal tax evasion and money laundering. The accused, according to court documents, tried to defraud Medicaid, the IRS, U.S. Immigration, and the Food and Drug Administration.
Of the 12 defendants charged in the indictment, six are charged with Racketeer-Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) conspiracy, per the report. The other three defendants were additionally charged with obstruction of justice.
According to the report, three brothers – Bhaskar Savani, 57, and Niranjan Savani, 51, both of Maple Glen, and Arun Savani, 55, of Blue Bell – allegedly conspired to recruit foreign workers for work visas and concealed the workers’ true job titles and responsibilities. Bhaskar and Niranjan are licensed dentists and owned and controlled The Savani Group practices, according to the Department of Justice. Arun Savani managed the group’s companies and finances, per the indictment.
All three brothers are charged with racketeering and conspiracy to commit health care fraud, visa fraud, money laundering and related charges that carry sentences of up to several hundred years, per the report.
The Savani Group’s accountant and the personal account of the three brothers, Sunil Philip, 57, of Newtown, allegedly took part in a wire fraud scheme to evade federal taxes, authorities said.
Philip is charged with conspiracy to commit racketeering, money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to defraud the United States Treasury, and wire fraud, according to court records.
A Wynnewood dentist for The Savani Group, Amen Dhyllon, 44, and Aleksandra Radomiak, 45, of Montgomery Township, an employee and dental practice manager, allegedly schemed to use owners of “on paper” dental practices to obtain and profit from Medicaid contracts after The Savani Group’s Medicaid contracts were terminated by managed care companies, authorities said.
Both Dhyllon and Radomiak are charged with conspiracy to commit racketeering, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, health care fraud, and money laundering conspiracy, per court records.
Authorities allege Vivek Savani, 35, and Bharatkumar Parasana, 55, of Montgomery Township, along with Hiteshkumar Goyani, 39, of New Britain Township, and Piyusha Patel, 41, of Ankenny, Iowa, were employed under the visa program under the charade of serving in specialty roles for the group, but only performed office duties for the dental practices.
All four are charged with conspiracy to commit visa fraud which carries a sentence of five years, per court records.
Jon Julian, 70, of South Carolina, was a licensed dentist for the Savani Group, and allegedly conspired to place adulterated and misbranded dental devices in U.S. commerce, per the report.
Authorities said officer manager Susan Malpartida, 27, of Passaic, New Jersey, allegedly obstructed the investigation when she made false statements about a Savani Group employee’s job function. She is charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice, which carries a sentence of five years, per reports.
The FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, IRS Criminal Investigation, Department of State Diplomatic Security Service, Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General, FDA, Department of Labor Office of the Inspector General, Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General, Iowa Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, and Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the case.
All suspects and defendants are innocent until proven guilty. This story was compiled using court records and the affidavit of probable cause.
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