>>CEO of Company that Owns Patrick County Hospital Indicted for Embezzlement in Chicago
(Patrick County, VA) -- The CEO of the company who announced plans to reopen a hospital in Patrick County now faces embezzlement charges. Rebecca Hughes with more.Preview: Voicer Script:
Sameer Suhail, the president and CEO of Foresight Health, has been indicted on federal charges related to an alleged embezzlement scheme at a hospital in Chicago. The indictment accuses Suhail and two co-defendants of defrauding the hospital of over $15 million through false documents and payments. Foresight Health had purchased a closed hospital in Patrick County with plans to reopen it, but the project ultimately collapsed. The indictment raises questions about the future of the Patrick County project, with Delegate Wren Williams calling the news "troubling".