The Department of Justice has reached a tentative agreement with Chesapeake Regional Medical Center (CRMC), the hospital system that had been indicted back in 2025 on multiple charges, including healthcare fraud, in connection with the actions of a now-convicted OBGYN.
Back in Jan. 2025, News 3 reported that CRMC had been indicted on charges of healthcare fraud, conspiracy to defraud the U.S., and interference with government functions.
Watch previous coverage: Indictment of Chesapeake Regional alleges hospital was complicit in former OBGYN’s crimes
Chesapeake Regional indicted for fraud, conspiracy in connection to former OBGYN’s unnecessary surgeries
Former Chesapeake Doctor Javaid Perwaiz is currently serving a 59-year-long federal prison sentence for conducting irreversible hysterectomies, improper sterilizations, and other medically unnecessary procedures for over a decade. He misled women about their health, telling some they had cancer when they did not, according to court records. Perwaiz was convicted in 2020…