Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced his office charged a Cook County physician alleging he fraudulently received over $1 million in Medicaid and Medicare payments for care and prescriptions he did not render to Medicaid and Medicare patients. The Attorney General’s office charged Mohammad Khamis, 56, of River Forest, with six counts of theft, Class X felonies punishable by up to 30 years in prison; one count of money laundering, a Class 1 non-probational felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison; one count of managed health care fraud and one count of vendor fraud, both Class 1 felonies punishable by up to 15 years in prison; and two counts of forgery, Class 3 felonies punishable by up to five years in prison. Khamis is currently detained at the Cook County Department of Corrections, and his next court date is November 26th. According to Attorney General Raoul’s office, Khamis is a physician who owned and operated four private medical practices and four pharmacies in Chicago.