Indiana Plastic Surgeon Who Fled to Europe Sentenced to 7 Years

An Indiana plastic surgeon who fled the country after being accused of billing insurers and patients for hundreds of unnecessary procedures was sentenced today to seven years behind bars. Dr. Mark Weinberger, a nose and sinus doctor from Merriville, Ind., pleaded guilty last summer to 22 counts of health care fraud and on Friday a federal judge in Chicago gave him a far longer sentence than he and his attorneys had hoped for: 84 months in jail. The sentencing was the culmination of a long,...Full Story