FBI searches Indian-American doctor’s weight-loss clinics
By IANSFriday, January 22, 2010
CHICAGO - Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents executed search warrants at five Illinois clinics associated with an Indian American weight-loss specialist, Dr. Gautum Gupta, including one in Chicago and two in its suburbs.
Federal agents executed the warrants and searched for evidence Thursday at five clinics, including Chicago, northwest suburban Arlington Heights and west suburban Naperville, according to an FBI spokesman.
No arrests were made and no criminal charges had been filed as of late Friday afternoon, he said. He could not immediately provide further information regarding the investigation or what investigators were looking for.
Dr. Gupta is a weight loss specialist who uses “innovative” FDA-approved medications, along with a weight-loss programme, according to his Web site.
A woman who answered the phone at Gupta’s main office in Rockford declined to comment on the warrants, according to Chicago Tribune. “We are open for business,” she said. “We are seeing patients. That’s all you need to know.”
