An American man wanted in the US on Medicare fraud charges has had his assets frozen by the BC Supreme Court.
The former owner and Chief Executive of a Chicago hospital is facing federal perjury and obstruction of justice charges in relation to a 64.2 million dollar US civil judgement against him in 2006. The original civil judgement relates to his involvement in a patient referral kickback scheme at the hospital he ran. The current charges stem from his alleged attempts to cover up his finances and avoid paying the 2006 judgement amount.
According to a Vancouver Sun article, this individual has been living in Vancouver for the past two years until he was recently detained by Canadian Border Services after returning from a trip to China.
The world-wide injunction filed by the BC judge effectively freezes all of the individual’s assets, thereby preventing disposal before the US government can collect on the amount owing.




