Selectcare Health Owner Ankur Roy Sentenced to 75 Months for Billing Respiratory Therapy That Never Happened

Case from 2013–2015 (U.S. Attorney's Office latest release: June 1, 2015). Published on Scammers.com Oct. 16, 2026; case status is current as of that date.

Ankur Roy, a former owner and operator of Selectcare Health Inc., an outpatient physical and respiratory therapy provider in Park Ridge and Skokie, was sentenced in May 2015 to 75 months in federal prison for billing Medicare and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois more than $2.5 million for respiratory therapy that was never provided, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois announced [1]. His two co-owners pleaded guilty.

How the scheme worked

According to prosecutors [1] [2]:

1. A way out of debt: Roy proposed the scheme to his partners as a way to get out of debt and designed it to avoid tripping insurers' fraud-detection systems.
2. Phantom therapy: In spring 2011 they submitted claims through a third-party billing service for respiratory therapy on days Selectcare's only respiratory therapist wasn't working, for periods when patients weren't in Selectcare's care, and for treatment seven days a week, three hours a day, far beyond any schedule prescribed.
3. Who paid: Claims went to Medicare and, when patients had supplemental coverage, to private insurers such as Blue Cross Blue Shield, including plans funded by union health and welfare funds.
4. The money: The 2013 indictment alleged $4,009,094 in false billings, producing about $2,214,424 from Medicare and $320,881 from Blue Cross. Roy took more than $600,000 for himself, including to pay credit card bills and his student loan, prosecutors said.

The people involved

Ankur Roy, 38 at sentencing, Miami Beach, Fla.

• Arrested in South Florida in May 2013 as part of a national Medicare Fraud Strike Force takedown [2].
• Convicted by a jury in July 2014 on five counts.
• Sentenced in May 2015 by U.S. District Judge Gary Feinerman to 75 months in prison and three years of supervision, and ordered to forfeit more than $2.5 million [1].

Dipen Desai, 33 when charged, Chicago — pleaded guilty; sentenced in December 2014 to 27 months in prison [1].

Akash Patel, 33 when charged, Morton Grove — pleaded guilty; was scheduled for sentencing in July 2015 [1]. We did not find his sentence in public sources.

The case was investigated by the FBI, HHS-OIG and the U.S. Department of Labor OIG.

Red flags

• Statements showing daily therapy sessions you never attended.
• Bills dated after you stopped going to a clinic.
• Your union health plan or supplemental insurer paying for care you didn't receive.

What to do if you're targeted

1. Review Medicare Summary Notices and insurer statements after any outpatient therapy ends.
2. Report suspected fraud to HHS-OIG at oig.hhs.gov/fraud/report-fraud and to your union plan administrator.

Case status (as of Oct. 16, 2026)

Defendant	Court	Status as of Oct. 16, 2026	Source
Ankur Roy	N.D. Ill. (Judge Feinerman)	Convicted at trial July 2014; sentenced May 2015 to 75 months; $2.5M+ forfeiture	[1]
Dipen Desai	N.D. Ill.	Pleaded guilty; sentenced Dec. 2014 to 27 months	[1]
Akash Patel	N.D. Ill.	Pleaded guilty; sentence not found in public sources	[1]

Sentences were imposed in 2014 and 2015; we have not found a source on any defendant's current custody status.

Sources

1. U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois, "Health Care Provider Sentenced To 75 Months For $2.5 Million Health Care Fraud," June 1, 2015. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/health-care-provider-sentenced-75-months-25-million-health-care-fraud
2. U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois, "Federal Medicare Fraud Strike Force Charges Chicago Area Defendants With Defrauding Medicare And Other Health Insurers," May 14, 2013. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ndil/pr/federal-medicare-fraud-strike-force-charges-chicago-area-defendants-defrauding-medicare

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