Guwahati, June 2 -- Assam's Tonmoy Sharma, now based in California, USA, has been arrested for allegedly submitting over $149 million in fraudulent insurance claims between 2014 and 2020.

Sharma, the founder and former CEO of the now-defunct Sovereign Health Group, a prominent addiction treatment provider, was arrested on May 29 at Los Angeles International Airport on an eight-count federal grand jury indictment.

The indictment alleges Sharma orchestrated a sprawling healthcare fraud scheme, submitting over $149 million in fraudulent claims to health insurers, including for unneeded urinalysis tests, and paying more than $21 million in illegal kickbacks for patient referrals.

Sharma, now a resident of Tustin, California, originally hai...