Arun Savani Case: Medicaid Fraud, H-1B Scheme, and Sentencing

The Arun Savani case ended in a federal jury conviction on March 9, 2026, in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, where the 58-year-old Blue Bell resident was found guilty of racketeering conspiracy and a stack of related fraud, tax, and money laundering counts tied to a decade-long scheme that drained more than $32 million from Pennsylvania Medicaid. Savani ran the financial side of what prosecutors called the Savani Group, a network of dental practices controlled with his brother Bhaskar Savani, a dentist. Sentencing is set for July 2026.

What Arun Savani Was Convicted Of

The jury found Arun Savani guilty across every major category the government charged him with. That includes one count of RICO conspiracy, conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud along with substantive healthcare fraud counts, conspiracy to commit visa fraud and one substantive visa fraud count, conspiracy to defraud the IRS, wire fraud tied to false tax returns, and money laundering conspiracy plus twelve substantive money laundering counts.¹

Prosecutors said Bhaskar Savani ran the clinical side of the dental practices while Arun Savani managed the enterprise’s finances and real property holdings.² That division of labor shaped his exposure. The healthcare fraud and visa fraud counts reached him as a co-conspirator; the tax and money laundering counts sat squarely on his desk.

How the Medicaid Fraud Worked

In late 2012, Bhaskar Savani and Savani Group dental companies were terminated from their Medicaid contracts with certain managed care organizations.³ Instead of walking away from the program, the group opened new dental practices under “nominee owners,” people whose names appeared on paper so the group could keep pulling Medicaid contracts that Bhaskar Savani could no longer secure himself.⁴

The second half of the billing scheme was what prosecutors called “supervisory billing.” Claims went to Medicaid under the name and National Provider Identifier of a credentialed dentist even when a different, uncredentialed dentist had done the actual work. Some claims were submitted under an NPI on dates when that dentist was outside the United States.⁴ The losses from those two mechanisms combined topped $32 million.⁵

The H-1B Workers

To staff the offices, the Savani brothers filed numerous false H-1B petitions with the Department of Labor and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, bringing in foreign nationals, primarily from India, to work at the practices.⁶ Charging documents said some workers were recruited for purported specialty roles but were actually used for general office support.⁷

Because workers’ immigration status hinged on continued employment with the group, the brothers held leverage over them and forced employees to kick back a portion of their wages and fees.¹ Federal officials said the defendants “manipulated our immigration system” and built the enterprise “on the backs of exploited workers.”²

The Money Trail

The tax case rested on specific dollar figures. The brothers failed to pay taxes on roughly $1.6 million in unreported personal income and about $1.1 million in employees’ unreported payroll income. They also ran personal expenses through the business as deductions, including college tuition, personal property taxes, and pool and lawn maintenance at their homes.¹

To move the Medicaid proceeds, the brothers used what IRS investigators described as a “complex web” of corporate entity bank accounts, through which fraud proceeds flowed back to the brothers and their businesses.¹ That structure is what put thirteen money laundering counts on Arun Savani’s verdict sheet.

Who Else Was Convicted, and Who Walked

The original indictment, returned January 18, 2023, named twelve defendants across 42 counts.³ Three went to a roughly seven-week trial in Reading, Pennsylvania, before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey L. Schmehl. Alongside Arun Savani, the jury convicted his brother Bhaskar Savani, 60, of Ambler, on the same categories of charges, and Aleksandra “Ola” Radomiak, 48, of Lansdale, on RICO conspiracy, conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, and healthcare fraud.⁴

Three co-defendants who went to trial were acquitted: Niranjan Savani, accountant Sunil Philip, and Bharatkumar Parasana. Judge Schmehl dismissed Philip’s racketeering and money laundering charges at the close of the government’s case, and the jury acquitted him on the remaining tax charges after nearly four days of deliberation.⁸

Sentencing and What Arun Savani Faces

Arun Savani’s sentencing is scheduled for July 2026 before Judge Schmehl. The statutory maximum across his counts is 415 years in prison.⁶ Bhaskar Savani faces up to 420 years, and Radomiak up to 40 years.⁴ Those numbers are the theoretical combined maximums for every count stacked. Actual federal sentences are set under the federal sentencing guidelines and are usually well below the statutory caps.

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IRS Criminal Investigation. Savani Group Owners and Associate Convicted of Racketeering Conspiracy
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U.S. Department of Justice. Pennsylvania Brothers Convicted of Decades-Long Racketeering Conspiracy
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GovInfo. United States v. Bhaskar Savani et al., No. 2:23-cr-00016
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U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Savani Group Owners and Associate Convicted of Racketeering Conspiracy
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IRS Criminal Investigation. Pennsylvania Brothers Convicted of Decades-Long Racketeering Conspiracy
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U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Inspector General. Savani Group Owners and Associate Convicted of Racketeering Conspiracy
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U.S. Department of Justice. Dental Practice Owners Charged With Fraud and RICO Conspiracy
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Fox Rothschild LLP. Fox Rothschild White Collar Team Secures Full Acquittal for Accountant in Federal Health Care Fraud and Racketeering Trial