In one of the most clear-cut cases of insurance fraud possibly ever, a Los Angeles doctor has pleaded guilty to running a scam that’s being called "rent-a-patient."

Mamdouh S. Bahna of Bel Air allegedly paid patients to undergo unnecessary procedures so that he could bill insurance companies.  Examples of the surgeries that he would perform include colonoscopies and something called a "sweaty-palm" surgery.  (Surgery always makes my palms sweat, so I’m still waiting for another distinction.)

The lawyers prosecuting the case allege that Bahna defrauded his insurance companies out of $1 million.  As a result of his guilty plea, he’ll be put in jail for 58 months and have to pay a $150K fine.

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