Doctor Gets Rich off False Surgery
The Story of Mark Weinberger
What Happened?
- Hundreds of false procedures
- Billed insurance companies $40,000 per patient and billed for unreal procedures
- Actually made the problems worse
- Showed people images of bloody and infected sinus cavities so they would agree to surgery
- He "made" $30 million in 3 years
- He bought a $2.4 million house in Chicago, a $4 million yacht, and thousands worth of shopping sprees
- Evaded capture for 5 years in the Swiss Alps
- 350 patients sued
- 7 years in prison
- "I'm sorry. I lied. I stole. I betrayed a sacred trust. I have no excuse. There is no excuse."
Mark Weinberger
During illegal practices
Where He Was Caught
Weinberger's tent in the Swiss Alps
Mark Weinberger
After being caught