Here's one operation a Staten Island doctor couldn't perform.

Vladimir Kirkorov, a physiatrist/physical medicine and rehabilitation doctor, was recently convicted of insurance fraud, according to Queens, N.Y., District Attorney Richard Brown. Kirkorov was one of eight physicians charged in a major investigation -- "Operation Sideswipe" -- by the District Attorney's Rackets and Organized Crime Bureau, the New York City Police Department's Auto Crime Division, and the New York State Insurance Department's Insurance Fraud Bureau.

In a four-year span, according to the Queens D.A., Kirkorov submitted fraudulent and exaggerated medical claims of over 24 separate bills to nine insurance companies requesting reimbursement ranging from $1,500 to $3,000 for a nerve conduction velocity-needle electromyography test and $114 to $230 in initial consultation comprehensive medical examinations that he claimed to have performed at three clinics on motor vehicle accident victims. Although he did not perform these exams, the D.A. said, he wanted to collect insurance money under New York State's No-fault law. He sought to collect $67,000 in false claims.

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