India, Jan. 12 -- Indian-origin Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, an oncologist specializing in gynecology in Memphis, Tennessee, has been convicted on 18 counts of adulterating medical devices, 16 counts of misbranding medical devices, and 6 counts of health care fraud, Fox13 reported.

Court documents reveal that Dr. Kumar submitted, and directed his staff to submit, fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid for hysteroscopy with biopsy procedures that were neither medically necessary nor performed with properly sanitized devices, spanning the years 2019 to 2024.

In defense, Dr. Kumar's legal team argued that the assertion he failed to disinfect the devices is false. They claimed that the government disapproved of his disinfection method, which was ...