Anchorage Doctor Sentenced to 6.5 Years for $12.5M Healthcare Fraud and Tax Evasion
Dr. Claribel Tan, an Anchorage-based rheumatologist, was sentenced to 78 months in prison after being convicted of committing a $12.5 million healthcare fraud scheme spanning 15 years. She evaded over $4 million in taxes on the illicit gains. The fraud involved misrepresenting treatments related to autoimmune and musculoskeletal diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, through her clinic, which she jointly operated with her husband Daniel Tan. He was sentenced to three years probation, with two years of home confinement. The scheme’s duration and scale highlight vulnerabilities in healthcare oversight and tax enforcement which allowed the couple to profit illegally from Medicaid... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 18 Mar 2026 15:42
