Former Delaware Doc Nabbed in Scheme

As a result of a joint investigation conducted by the Ohio Department of Insurance, the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office, the Delaware County Drug Task Force and the Ohio Chiropractic Board, Zahir Sherazee, a former Delaware-based chiropractor whose license was reportedly revoked in 2005, was ordered to serve a five year, two month prison sentence. He was also fined $20,000. Sherazee was sentenced recently in the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas. During a four-month investigation that started last January, it was reportedly discovered that Sherazee, from 2005 through 2007, fraudulently billed insurance companies in excess of $600,000 for chiropractic services he never rendered. A search warrant executed during the course of the investigation resulted in authorities reportedly seizing steroids from Sherazee’s home along with documents pertaining to his improper billing activity. Under a recent plea negotiation, Sherazee plead guilty to insurance fraud, engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity, unlicensed practice of chiropractic services and possession of drugs. He agreed to pay restitution in the amount of $250,000 to the three insurance companies he defrauded.