A Pennsylvania dentist and his brother who were charged with running a scheme that tried to defraud Medicaid and U.S. agencies out of about $32 million face up to more than 400 years in prison following their convictions, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Dr. Bhaskar Savani, a licensed dentist, and his brother Arun Savani, who built the complex criminal enterprise the Savani Group, were convicted on March 9 of conspiracy to conduct a racketeering enterprise, conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, healthcare fraud, conspiracy to commit visa fraud, visa fraud, conspiracy to obstruct justice, money laundering conspiracy, concealment and transactional money laundering, conspiracy to defraud the U.S. Treasury, and wire fraud, according to a press release dated March 9 from the Justice Department’s Office of Public Affairs.
Bhaskar Savani, who operated numerous Savani Group dental practices, was also convicted of conspiracy to distribute in interstate commerce an adulterated and misbranded medical device. Bhaskar Savani faces a maximum prison term of 420 years in prison, and Arun, who controlled the finances and real property holdings of the Savani Group, faces up to 415 years in prison. They are scheduled to be sentenced in July.
Additionally, Aleksandra “Ola” Radomiak, a Savani dental practice manager in Pennsylvania, was convicted of conspiracy to conduct a racketeering enterprise, conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, and healthcare fraud. She is also expected to be sentenced in July.
In January 2023, Savani and about a dozen dentists, practice owners, and employees were charged with numerous crimes for allegedly operating the Savani Group, a multistate network of 50 dental practices located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Iowa, and South Carolina, that attempted to defraud Medicaid, U.S. immigration authorities, the IRS, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Over the course of a decade, Bhaskar and Arun Savani substantially enriched themselves through their criminal organization, according to prosecutors. The brothers filed numerous false H-1B visa applications, fraudulently billed healthcare benefit programs in the names of nontreating dentists, obstructed a grand jury investigation, and laundered fraud proceeds through a complex web of financial transactions, wire fraud, and mail fraud. Through their fraudulent activity, the brother obtained more than $32 million from Medicaid via nominee-owned dental practices used to bill the U.S. healthcare program for low-income individuals after the Savani Group’s Medicaid contracts were terminated, according to the press release.
Radomiak was a long-term employee and executive at the Savani Group and facilitated the enterprise’s conspiracy to defraud Medicaid.
The brothers and Radomiak were just three of the dozen dentists, practice owners, and employees arrested in 2023 and accused of running the scheme.
In February 2025, the pair’s other brother, Dr. Niranjan Savani, also a licensed dentist and accused of taking part in the Savani Group scheme, was detained pending trial after threatening to shoot a prosecutor and her family. A pretrial services officer notified management, claiming that Niranjan Savani said he wanted to shoot Assistant U.S. Attorney Lesley Bonney and her family after the prosecution objected to his traveling to India due to the death of his father-in-law.
Others indicted in 2023 include the following individuals:
- Sunhil Philip, an independent accountant in Pennsylvania, who handled the accounting for the Savani Group
- Dr. Amen Dhyllon, a licensed dentist in Pennsylvania, who worked for the Savani Group
- Dr. Jon Julian, a licensed dentist in South Carolina, who worked for the Savani Group
- Five individuals reportedly involved in office roles: Vivek Savani, Bharatkumar Parasana, Hiteshkumar Goyani, Piyusha Patel, and Susan Malpartida
