Two brothers from Pennsylvania, Bhaskar Savani and Arun Savani, have been found guilty in a multi-state racketeering conspiracy that included different types of fraud. The Savani brothers built the Savani Group that amassed millions of dollars through these fraud schemes. Bhaskar Savani is a dentist and their group committed medical fraud too. Interestingly, the brothers bragged on social media about meeting Kash Patel and posted photos with him. They also celebrated when Kash Patel became the FBI director though they were on the radar of the agency and were charged in 2023. An associate of the two brothers, Aleksandra Radomiak, has also been convicted and faces up to 40 yearsof imprisonment and fines. The two brothers face over 400 years of imprisonment — Bhaskar 420 years and Arun 415 years. Their sentencing will take place in July 2026.
Details of the Savani brothers’ scam
H-1B visa scam: According to DOJ charges, their group filed false H-1B visa applications and petitions with the administration for hiring Indians who were dependent on the Savani Group and used to take fees from them. Medicaid fraud: They fraudulently obtained Medicaid contracts and billed Medicaid using nominee business owners after Savani Group dental practices were terminated from Medicaid insurance contracts. The Savani Group defrauded Medicaid of more than $30 million through the scheme.Healthcare fraud: Submitting false bills to Medicaid using another dentist’s National Provider Identifier (NPI) on dates when the other dentist was physically outside of the United States and for dental services performed by uncredentialed dentists.Money laundering: Transferring and concealing health care fraud proceeds from the nominee-owned dental practices through a complex web of Savani group corporate entities’ bank accounts that ultimately benefited the Savani brothers and their associated corporate entities.Tax and wire fraud: The Savani brothers and their companies failed to pay taxes on approximately $1.6 million of unreported personal income and $1.1 million of their employees’ unreported income. They failed to pay personal and payroll taxes and fraudulently expensed through their businesses, among other personal expenses, college tuition payments, personal property taxes, and pool and lawn maintenance costs for their personal homes.FDCA conspiracy: They used dental implants not for human use in human patients without their knowledge and consent.
