Chicago, June 17, 2025 — Indian-origin obstetrician-gynecologist Dr. Mona Ghosh has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison after being convicted in a massive healthcare fraud scheme involving over $2.4 million in false claims to U.S. government and private insurance programs.
A federal court in Chicago handed down the sentence on June 10, following Dr. Ghosh’s guilty plea in 2024 to multiple counts of healthcare fraud and submitting false claims. The 52-year-old physician owned and operated Progressive Women’s Healthcare, a medical clinic in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, where she conducted the fraudulent activities between 2018 and 2022.
According to prosecutors, Dr. Ghosh knowingly billed Medicaid, TRICARE, and several private insurance companies for medically unnecessary procedures — many of which were never performed. Some of the falsely billed treatments included endometrial ablations, ultrasounds, STD tests, and contraceptive implants. In many cases, procedures were documented as being done even when patients had not consented, and some suffered permanent damage, including infertility.
Authorities revealed that Dr. Ghosh also falsified patient records to justify the fake billing and to mislead insurance companies. Investigators say she targeted vulnerable patients, including women of color from low-income backgrounds.
“This was not a clerical mistake or isolated misconduct — it was a systematic betrayal of medical ethics and public trust,” said a spokesperson from the U.S. Department of Justice.
The court also ordered Dr. Ghosh to pay more than $1.5 million in restitution and surrender her medical license. She is expected to begin serving her sentence in September 2025. Multiple civil lawsuits have reportedly been filed by former patients seeking damages for physical and emotional trauma.
Federal agencies, including the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services, led the multi-year investigation.
As the case closes, advocates are calling for tighter oversight in private medical practices to prevent such abuse, especially among practitioners serving vulnerable communities.
