A British couple are accused of exploiting cancer patients by giving them knock-off medication and defrauding the US health system.
Sukhi GhumanMillionaires Sukhi and Kiran Ghuman are said to have given patients cheaper, unregulated versions of lung and pancreatic cancer drugs to up their profits – claims they strongly deny. They face extradition to the US where it is alleged unregulated meds were smuggled from India and Sri Lanka.
Octavian SecurityProsecutors say the drugs were administered to patients at medical clinics owned by Sukhi Ghuman in California and Arizona. His wife Kiran was vice-president of one of the clinics.
Legal papers accusing the Ghumans, along with five others, state: “The defendants did not inform the patients… that foreign unapproved drugs were being injected into their bodies.” It is further alleged that expired meds were also used on several patients.
The Ghumans have been warned their lavish lifestyle may be curtailed by the pending legal action as prosecutors also want to claw back criminal proceeds. Mr Ghuman, 46, who is described as a “business force”, owns a £1.3million property in read more Arizona with a putting green and pool.
The couple previously ran Nottingham-based firm Octavian Security Ltd, which went bust in 2010 owing around £2.6 million, mostly to HMRC.
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