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Man Sentenced In Suffolk County 'Birth Tourism' Health Care Fraud Scheme Man Sentenced In Suffolk County 'Birth Tourism' Health Care Fraud Scheme
Man Sentenced In Suffolk County 'Birth Tourism' Health Care Fraud Scheme A 50-year-old man has been sentenced on charges related to a "birth tourism" health care fraud scheme he operated on Long Island. Ibrahim Aksakal, a Turkish national, was sentenced on Tuesday, March 8, to 27 months in prison for conspiring to commit health care and wire fraud, according to an announcement from Breon Peace, United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York. Aksakal was also ordered to pay restitution of $1,039,723.63, and forfeiture in the amount of $397,500, according to the announcement. Between 2017 and 2020, Aksakal operated a scheme in Suffolk Count…

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Six Charged For Scheme In Which 117 Turkish Moms Gave Birth To 119 Children On Long Island Six Charged For Scheme In Which 117 Turkish Moms Gave Birth To 119 Children On Long Island
Six Charged For Scheme In Which 117 Turkish Moms Gave Birth To 119 Children On Long Island Six Long Island residents have been indicted for allegedly operating a “birth tourism” fraud and money laundering scheme. The six were indicted on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at the federal courthouse in Central Islip, said the office of Seth D. DuCharme, Acting U.S. Attorney Eastern District of New York. The scheme, which took place in Suffolk County between approximately 2017 and 2020, involved pregnant Turkish women fraudulently entering the United States using tourist and business visas to give birth so that their children would obtain birthright citizenship and medical benef…

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by Kathy Reakes