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Turkish National Sentenced to 27 Months for Orchestrating “Birth Tourism” Health Care Fraud Scheme on Long Island

Earlier today, in federal court in Central Islip, Ibrahim Aksakal was sentenced by United States District Judge Joanna Seybert to 27 months’ imprisonment for conspiring to commit health care and wire fraud in connection with a so-called “birth tourism” scheme that Aksakal operated in Suffolk County between approximately 2017 and 2020.

Read more on www.justice.gov

Action Details

  • Date:March 8, 2022
  • Agency:U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York
  • Enforcement Types:
    • Criminal and Civil Actions