Bail Conditions (So Ordered) — United States v. Ameet Goyal (Dkt. 24, S.D.N.Y.)

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Order on bail conditions for Ameet Goyal, Document 24, filed 07/06/20, in Case 7:19-cr-00844-CS, 19 Cr. 844 (CS). It recites that a grand jury returned Superseding Indictment S1 19 Cr. 844 (CS) charging the defendant in six counts, and that the government and the defendant jointly proposed a new combination of bail conditions, all of which must be satisfied by July 6, 2020. The proposed conditions include home incarceration, monitored electronically; voluntary surrender of the license to practice medicine in every state where the defendant is licensed; and ceasing operations of the ophthalmology practice. The Court finds the combination satisfactory to reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant and the safety of the community, and the conditions are SO ORDERED.

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Case 7:19-cr-00844-CS Document 24 Filed 07/06/20 Page1of5

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW _ YORK

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
~ Ww - : S119 Cr. 844 (CS)
AMEET GOYAL,

Defendant.

WHEREAS, on November 21, 2019, a grand jury in the Southern District of New York
returned Indictment 19 Cr. 844 (CS) charging the defendant in three counts: Count One charged
the defendant with health care fraud in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. §§ 1347 and 2; Count Two
charged wire fraud in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343 and 2; and Count Three charged false
statements relating to health care matters, in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. §§ 1035 and 2;

WHEREAS, on November 22, 2019, the defendant was arrested and made his initial
appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Davison, at which time the defendant pleaded Not
Guilty and was released subject to the following bail conditions, which were satisfied:

- Execution of a $1,000,000 personal recognizance bond, co-signed by a financially
responsible person and secured by the defendant’s home;

- Surrender of all travel documents and no new applications to be submitted;

- Travel restricted to the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and Florida, with
advanced permission from Pretrial Services, and the District of Connecticut; and

- Mental health treatment as directed.
WHEREAS, on December 23, 2019, this Court modified the defendant’s bail conditions to

allow travel to the District of New Jersey upon advance notice given to the Pretrial Services Office;
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WHEREAS, on June 23, 2020, a grand jury in the Southern District of New York returned
Superseding Indictment S1 19 Cr. 844 (CS) charging the defendant in six counts. Count One
charges the defendant with health care fraud in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. §§ 1347 and 2; Count
Two charges wire fraud in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343 and 2, Count Three charges false
statements relating to health care matters, in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. §§ 1035 and 2; Count
Four charges bank fraud in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. §§ 1344, 3147(1), and 2; Count Five
charges false statements to a bank in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. §§ 1014, 3147(1), and 2; and
Count Six charges false statements in violation of Title 18 U.S.C. §§ 1001, 3147(1), and 2;

WHEREAS, on June 26, 2020, the defendant made his initial appearance on the
Superseding Indictment before this Court, and pleaded Not Guilty;

WHEREAS, the government and the defendant have jointly proposed for the Court’s
consideration the following new combination of bail conditions, all of which must be satisfied by
July 6, 2020:

1. The defendant will be placed on home incarceration at

, monitored electronically, with permission to leave only for court appointments, his
own medical appointments, and visits with counsel;

2. The defendant will voluntarily surrender his license to practice medicine in every state
where he is licensed, and not make any new applications;

3. The defendant will cause his ophthalmology practice, Ameet Goyal MD PC, d/b/a Eye
Associates Group, d/b/a Rye Eye Associates, d/b/a Mt. Kisco Associates, d/b/a Greenwich Eye
Associates, d/b/a Dutchess Eye Associates (the “Practice”), to cease operations and will not reopen
the Practice or any successor practices;

4, The defendant will withdraw from participating with any public or private health
insurance payers, and not make any new enrollment applications;

5. The defendant will disclose any and all of his personal or joint financial records in his
possession, custody or control from November 2019 to the present to Pretrial Services and the
government;
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6. The defendant will not make any application for any loan or new credit without leave of
Pretrial Services;

7. The defendant will not transfer or sell, or dispose of any asset above two thousand
($2,000) dollars, without leave from Pretrial Services, except for payment towards his monthly
mortgage payment, personal medical bills, recurring utilities bills, and recurring insurance
payments, which shall not require such leave;

8. The defendant may use internet-accessible devices only with monitoring equipment, and
only for purpose of correspondence with specified family members, the offices of his personal
health care providers, his personal health insurance for approval of treatment and payment
purposes, his legal counsel, and the co-signer on his personal recognizance bond (names provided
in Attachment A hereto); and,

9. The defendant’s travel, to the extent permissible under his home incarceration condition,
to be restricted to Southern District of New York and the District of Connecticut.

Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, the defendant will be permitted, beyond July 6,
2020, to take (1) such steps as are reasonably necessary and in the best interest of his patients to
assure the safe transfer and continuity of their treatment and .care by successor health care
providers, and (2) such steps as are reasonable and necessary to wind down his Practice, including
collection of outstanding accounts receivable for care provided prior to July 6, 2020, and sales of
equipment.

WHEREAS, the Court finds satisfactory the combination of conditions proposed by the

parties and set forth above to reasonably assure the appearance of the defendant and the safety of

HON. CATH SEIBEL
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

the community, the conditions are SO ORDERED.
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ATTACHMENT A

FAMILY
Anuj Goel
Anjali Goel
Kamlesh Goel
Alka Goyal
Riya Goyal
Akash Goyal
Shivani Goyal
Amit Jain
Sushma Jain
Michael Alter
Eileen Velasquez Goel

CQ-SIGNER
Raj Tewani

LEGAL ADVISERS

Mukasey, Frenchman & Sklaroff LLP
Michael Kaplen, Esq.
Larry Vernaglia, Esq.

Michael Bunsis, Esq.
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Bruce Yannett, Esq.

Frank Longo, Esq.
Kenneth Larywon, Esq.
Jeannine Foran, Esq.
Michelle Rider, CPA, Esq.

HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS

HEALTH INSURANCE

Aetna


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