Fraud of the Week: Chiropractor Forced to Realign Priorities

Zahir Sherazee is in a precarious position after a four-month investigation revealed that the former Delaware-based chiropractor fraudulently billed insurance companies for services that were never rendered. Last January, the Ohio Department of Insurance, the Delaware County sheriff’s office, the Delaware County Drug Task Force and the Ohio Chiropractic Board jointly began a four-month investigation of the practitioner, whose license had been revoked in 2005. During the course of the query, the authorities executed a search warrant, seizing steroids from Sherazee’s home and uncovering documents pertaining to improper billing activities. It was discovered that, from 2005 to 2007, the former chiropractor submitted claims totaling more than $600,000 to insurance companies for services he never provided.