An Indian American has been sentenced to 81 months in prison and asked to pay $9.7 million in restitution along with his accomplices for his role in a wide-ranging $18 million conspiracy to defraud the Medicare programme.

US District Court Judge Sean F. Cox of Michigan Thursday also ordered Suresh Chand, 46, to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced.