ERO Baltimore removes Pakistani-Canadian citizen convicted of conspiring to violate Anti-Kickback, Travel Acts
BALTIMORE — Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Baltimore removed a noncitizen from the United States to Canada who was convicted of conspiring to violate the Anti-Kickback Act and the Travel Act. Deportation officers from ERO Baltimore removed Ahmad Muhammad Khan, 50, a citizen of Pakistan and Canada, August 16.
“Muhammad Ahmad Khan came to the U.S. as a visitor, and he left as a convicted felon,” said ERO Baltimore acting Field Office Director Darius Reeves. “Khan attempted to defraud our healthcare system for his own gain and steal money intended for people with maladies. ERO Baltimore will not allow such criminals to flaunt their disregard for American laws while taking up residence in Maryland.”
Khan originally entered the United States lawfully in January 1993 in New York City. He departed the United States for Pakistan in August 1993.
Khan again entered the United States lawfully in May 1996 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. In September 2012, he departed from the United States to Pakistan.
In June 2016, the U. S. District Court for the District of Maryland indicted Khan for the offenses of conspiracy to violate the Anti-Kickback Act, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and aiding and abetting. On that same day, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland issued an arrest warrant for Khan based upon the charges in the indictment.
The U. S. District Court for the District of Maryland’s Northern Division filed a superseding indictment against Khan in July 2017 for the offenses of conspiracy to violate the Anti-Kickback and Travel Acts; soliciting and receiving illegal remuneration in violation of the Anti-Kickback Act; conspiracy to defraud the United States; health care fraud; false statements relating to health care matters; and aiding and abetting and causing an act to be done.
The total reimbursement payments equaled $4.033 million. $3.5 million consisted of payments from private insurers, while $530,000 consisted of payments from Medicare.
The International Migration team at London’s Heathrow Airport intercepted and arrested Khan in July 2022, while he was attempting to transit from Canada to Pakistan.
The U.S. Marshals Service escorted and arrested Khan on March 30 as a fugitive from Heathrow Airport. U.S. Customs and Border Protection paroled Khan into the United States at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Georgia. Later that day, U.S. Customs and Border Protection lodged an immigration detainer-notice of action with the U.S. Marshals Service.
The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland convicted Khan of conspiracy to violate the Anti-Kickback and Travel Act on July 24 and sentenced him to 6 months of incarceration, dismissing the remaining charges. The judge ordered Khan removed from the United States.
The U.S. Marshals Service transferred custody of Khan to ERO Baltimore on Aug. 15. ERO Baltimore removed him to Canada on Aug. 16.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) ERO conducts removals of individuals without a lawful basis to remain in the United States, including at the order of immigration judges with the Justice Department’s Executive Office for Immigration Review. ERO reviews each case as appropriate.
As one of ICE’s three operational directorates, ERO is the principal federal law enforcement authority in charge of domestic immigration enforcement. ERO’s mission is to protect the homeland through the arrest and removal of those who undermine the safety of U.S. communities and the integrity of U.S. immigration laws, and its primary areas of focus are interior enforcement operations, management of the agency’s detained and non-detained populations, and repatriation of noncitizens who have received final orders of removal. ERO’s workforce consists of more than 7,700 law enforcement and non-law enforcement support personnel across 25 domestic field offices and 208 locations nationwide, 30 overseas postings, and multiple temporary duty travel assignments along the border.
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