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Dr. Farid Fata

09/16/2016 / By Julian Kramer

The mysterious case of Dr. Farid Fata, America’s biggest cancer fraudster

Farid Fata was once one of Michigan’s most renowned doctors, having served over 16,000 patients since 2005. Now, however, Fata is facing the possibility of a 175-year prison sentence. For several years, Fata lied to patients about their cancer diagnoses, claiming that they needed chemotherapy when they didn’t; he forced others to receive “maintenance” chemo […]

03/07/2016 / By Tara Paras

Cancer doctor admits to using unethical tactics to trick healthy patients into getting toxic chemotherapy

If you’re searching for con artists, scammers, hucksters and quacks, look no further than your nearby local hospital. While, of course, there are doctors out there whose goal is to really help patients out, there are also those whose main intention is to force people to receive “treatments,” harmful side effects notwithstanding, just for the sake of […]

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