Just one week before he was scheduled to testify in federal court, a New York doctor charged with participating in a significant health fraud operation disappeared off the shore of Fire Island.
Dr. Marvin Moy, a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist from Hempstead, New York, was reported missing in the early hours of October 13—just hours after leaving on his boat, the Sure Shot, for a late-night fishing expedition.
An ‘alleged collision’ between Moy’s boat and a big commercial vessel was reported to the Coast Guard, and rescuers found an oil slick and wreckage at the area of the accident some 25 miles off the coast of Fire Island.
The Coast Guard said that one other unnamed passenger who was traveling with Moy was located, but the doctor himself was not.
Only the Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon that [Moy] was supposedly carrying when he was last seen was discovered after more than 30 hours and 4,830 nautical miles of boat and helicopter searches, according to a Coast Guard official.
Moy was one of numerous physicians detained in January for his alleged role in two enormous fraud schemes run by New York criminals Bradley Pierre and Alexander “Little Alex” Gulkarov.
The criminal enterprises arranged for physicians like Moy to conduct unnecessary medical operations on vehicle accident victims, enabling the gangs to overcharge insurance companies and pocket $100 million in earnings over a 13-year period.
Less than a week after going missing on the sea, the doctor was scheduled to appear in court on October 19.
According to the New York Post, Moy’s counsel informed the court at the hearing that the doctor cannot be regarded as dead until the inquiry into his disappearance is over.
The lawyer said, “The representative suggested that he would keep us informed of any developments and that, eventually, a report will be released and that we would be furnished with such a report.”
For his part in Pierre’s plot, Moy was accused of conspiring in healthcare fraud and money laundering, and he was facing a maximum possible jail term of 30 years.
In January, US Attorney Damian Williams explained the strategies the conspirators used to amass their wealth and referred to the scheme as “one of the greatest insurance frauds in history.”
The accused defendants are accused of conspiring to commit one of the biggest no-fault insurance scams in history. They are accused of using bribery to get private information on motor vehicle accident victims from 911 operators, hospital staff, and others as part of their elaborate plot.
With this knowledge, Williams said, “they then put victims in peril by forcing them to undergo needless and often unpleasant medical treatments in order to falsely overcharge insurance companies.”
Friends of Moy told the New York Post that the facts of the event are “troubling” and that they still have “unresolved issues” after his disappearance.
“We still have unanswered questions. We don’t know what occurred,’ a close friend of Moy’s who begged to remain anonymous said.
The Coast Guard was able to rescue Moy’s companion passenger, who belonged to a “little clique” from the Long Island boating world, although one acquaintance claimed it was unusual for him to be out on the water at such a late hour during the week.
Obviously, I want my pal to be located. He could still be stranded on a little rock, the buddy suggested.
Moy is a physician who operates in Hempstead, New York, who specializes in helping injured or handicapped individuals recover function.
He graduated from the University at Buffalo School of Medicine with a medical degree, and the states of New York and New Jersey have granted him a license to practice medicine.