Six Detroit area doctors indicted in $500M health care fraud

(FOX 2) - The FBI is investigating Pain Center locations in Warren and Eastpointe as six doctors face an indictment for alleged health care fraud and illegal prescriptions.

Six doctors affiliated with the Pain Center have been indicted by a grand jury, according to court documents. It is alleged that between 2013-2018, the following doctors engaged in illegally prescribing controlled substances and fraudulent health care billings:

Rajendra Bothra, 77, Bloomfield Hills
Eric Backos, 65, of Bloomfield Hills
Ganiu Edu, 50, of Southfield
David Lewis, 41, of Detroit
Christopher Russo, 50, of Birmingham
Ronald Kufner, 68, of Ada