Joint State & Federal Investigation Uncovers Physician Illegally Distributed Vaccines; Defendant will Reimburse State for $179,000
ALBION - Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced the conviction of an Orleans County physician who fraudulently obtained vaccines from a state program that makes vaccines available free of charge for eligible patients and then sold the free vaccines to patients who were ineligible to receive them under the program. Ghulam Mustafa, M.D., 48, was arraigned today in Orleans County Court on charges of Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree, a class “E” felony, and Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree, a class “E” felony. He pleaded guilty to Grand Larceny in the Fourth Degree. Mustafa, who is employed by the Hassan Medical Group, P.L.L.C., doing business as “Extended Hours Medical Care” at 210 South Main Street in Albion and 1038 Gwinn Street in Medina, also agreed to pay New York State $179,000 for the fraudulently obtained vaccines.