A Texas physician and a retired U.S. Postal Service employee have been charged in an alleged scheme to bill a federal workers’ compensation program about $19 million for orthopedic equipment and services that patients didn’t need or never received.
A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment Oct. 7 charging Javaria Jabeen, DO, and Allendor Brown with conspiracy to commit health care fraud, according to an Oct. 23 news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas.
From 2017 to 2023, the defendants allegedly submitted false claims to the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act program, which provides medical and wage benefits to federal employees injured on the job. Dr. Jabeen owned and operated multiple clinics in Flower Mound and Grand Prairie, Texas. Prosecutors allege she and chiropractor Demitrious Gilmore billed for knee braces claimants did not need or receive, physical therapy sessions that did not occur, and platelet-rich plasma infusions and at-home ultrasonic devices that were never provided.
Mr. Brown, a retired postal employee and former union official, is accused of recruiting federal employees to the clinics and helping secure claim approvals. Prosecutors allege he was paid through an entity he controlled to conceal the payments.
The claims resulted in at least $17 million in FECA payments, according to the indictment. Mr. Gilmore was charged in the July 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown and later pleaded guilty. His indictment referenced a physician and a former postal employee as unindicted coconspirators.
Dr. Jabeen and Mr. Brown were arrested and made initial court appearances Oct. 14. If convicted, each faces up to 10 years in prison.
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