India, Dec. 3 -- An Indian national convicted of health care fraud was sentenced on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to two years in prison, announced U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd.

Mohammed Asif, 35, was arrested on April 10, 2025, at Chicago O'Hare International Airport while attempting to board an international flight.

During the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge James L. Robart said the fraud amount, $1,174,813, "was a significant amount of money. It was money that was siphoned out of the Medicare system that is designed to treat the elderly and the poor. (The defendant) lacks moral character as a knowing participant in the fraud. He is someone the public needs to be protected from."

According to records filed in ...