Clarkston oncologist Dr. Farid Fata, who pled guilty to health care fraud, conspiring to pay and receive kickbacks, and money laundering in 2014 and was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison, will receive a new hearing on his claim he received bad legal advice.
U.S. Magistrate Judge David Grand will hear testimony on July 30 about Fata’s claim his lawyer Christopher Andreoff told him he would get a break on his sentence to 20 years if he pled guilty. Andreoff denies the claim. Fata, whose charges carried a maximum sentence of life in prison, wants the judge to set aside his guilty plea.
The federal government is also asking a separate judge to approve $4.2 million in payments to Fata’s victims or their families, about half of which for funeral expenses.