A sourced correction to public reporting that has described this conviction as "health care fraud." This page states only what the docket and Judgment document say, with citations.
On February 19, 2025, judgment was entered in United States v. Saggar, No. 4:23-cr-00380-SRC, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. The offense of conviction, as stated on the Judgment (Document 198 on the docket), is conspiracy to make false statements relating to health care matters, under 18 U.S.C. §§ 371 and 1035.
Dr. Saggar was not charged with, and did not plead guilty to, health care fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1347.
| Case | United States v. Saggar, No. 4:23-cr-00380-SRC (E.D. Mo.) |
|---|---|
| Offense of conviction | Conspiracy to make false statements relating to health care matters, 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 1035 |
| Statute not charged | 18 U.S.C. § 1347 (health care fraud) |
| Sentencing judge | U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark |
| Sentence | 35 months |
| Restitution | $742,528, to Medicare and Missouri Medicaid |
| Judgment entered | February 19, 2025 (Document 198) |
Statute of conviction is a matter of public record, not characterization. News coverage of the sentencing widely used the word "fraud" in headlines and text. That language traces back to the U.S. Attorney's Office press release, which used "health care fraud" as a category label while describing the plea itself as one count of conspiracy. The distinction between a conspiracy/false-statements plea under §§ 371 and 1035 and a fraud conviction under § 1347 is being raised directly with the licensing boards, data banks, and news outlets that have repeated the fraud characterization, so that the public record reflects the actual statute of conviction.
This is one part of an active, multi-agency effort to correct how this conviction is characterized in public and official records, including requests to the National Practitioner Data Bank, Illinois IMPACT, the Missouri State Board of Registration for the Healing Arts, and Missouri Medicaid Audit and Compliance, filed July 24, 2026. Related licensing matters are pending before the Missouri and Illinois medical boards.
Last updated: July 29, 2026. This page will be corrected if any statement here is shown to be inaccurate.