A week before he was to testify in federal court, a New York doctor implicated in a massive health care fraud scheme vanished off the coast of Fire Island.
Doctor of physical medicine and rehabilitation from Hempstead, New York, Marvin Moy, was discovered missing in the early morning hours of October 13, just hours after he embarked on a late-night fishing expedition aboard his boat, the Sure Shot.
The Coast Guard received a report of a’suspected collision’ between Moy’s boat and a large commercial vessel, and rescuers discovered an oil slick and debris 25 miles off the coast of Fire Island.
According to the Coast Guard, a second unidentified passenger traveling with Moy, 51, was located, but the doctor was nowhere to be found.
A Coast Guard official stated, “We conducted boat and helicopter searches for more than 30 hours, covering 4,830 nautical miles, but we only located the Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon that [Moy] was allegedly carrying when he was last seen.”
Moy was one of a number of doctors arrested in January on suspicion of involvement in two massive fraud schemes orchestrated by Alexander ‘Little Alex’ Gulkarov and Bradley Pierre of New York.
The criminal organizations connected auto accident victims with doctors like Moy, who performed unnecessary medical procedures, allowing the gangs to overcharge insurance companies and earn $100 million in profits over a thirteen-year period.
The physician was scheduled to appear in court on October 19, less than a week after he vanished from the ocean without a trace.
During the hearing, Moy’s attorney reportedly informed the judge that a Coast Guard legal representative stated the doctor cannot be considered dead until the investigation into his disappearance is concluded.
The representative indicated that he would keep us apprised of any new developments and that a final report would be issued and provided to us, according to the attorney.
Moy was charged with healthcare fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy and faced a maximum potential sentence of 30 years in prison for his role in Pierre’s scheme.
In January, US Attorney Damian Williams described the scheme as “one of the largest insurance frauds in history” and outlined the means by which the conspirators amassed wealth.
‘It is alleged that the accused perpetrated one of the largest no-fault insurance fraud schemes in history. In order to carry out their elaborate scheme, they allegedly bribed 911 operators, hospital employees, and others with confidential information about motor vehicle accident victims.
Williams stated, “Using this information, they then endangered victims by subjecting them to unnecessary and frequently painful medical procedures in order to overcharge insurance companies.”
Friends of Moy told the New York Post that his absence has left them with “unanswered questions” and that the situation is “worrisome.”
‘We’ve got unresolved questions. A close friend of Moy’s who requested anonymity stated, “We have no idea what happened.”
According to one acquaintance, it was out of character for Moy, an ardent sailor and angler, to be on the lake so late in the week. Moy’s fellow passenger, who was rescued by the Coast Guard, was a member of a “little clique” within the Long Island boating world, according to another buddy.
Obviously, I would want to seek my pal. The companion stated that it is still possible that he was shipwrecked on a little rock.
Moy is a physician in Hempstead, New York, who specializes in rehabilitating accident- or injury-affected patients to restore function.
He possesses a medical degree from the School of Medicine at the University at Buffalo and is licensed to practice medicine in New York and New Jersey.