Achi news desk-
A Calgary doctor has been charged with fraud after allegedly submitting millions of dollars in false claims to the province.
The Alberta Service’s health investigations unit looked into the billing history of a physician who worked at the SF Medical Clinic on Edmonton Trail NE between March 2020 and June 2022.
They then alerted Calgary police after discovering that the doctor had allegedly submitted about $2.2 million worth of false billing claims to the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan over a two-year period.
“The physician allegedly billed the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan for additional time beyond the actual hours worked,” police explained in a news release Wednesday.
Shabeena Fazhulla, 49, of Calgary, has been charged with one count of fraud over $5,000 and is scheduled to appear in court on May 16.
Anyone with information about the case should call police at 403-266-1234.
Tips can also be submitted anonymously via Tackle the Tackle.
