# US gynecologist charged with sexual abuse and performing unnecessary procedures

Sanjeev Kumar accused of abusing four women, medical fraud and reusing unsanitary devices arrested in Memphis

**Sun 2 Mar 2025 13.03 EST**  
Last modified on Mon 3 Mar 2025 09.59 EST

A gynecologist who is accused of sexually abusing four women in , Tennessee, and reusing unsanitary medical devices in unnecessary procedures was arrested on Friday.

Sanjeev Kumar, 44, was charged with sexual abuse, medical fraud, and illicitly reusing unsanitary medical devices after he enticed four women to travel across state lines to his clinic, where he subjected them to sexual abuse under the guise of medical procedures.

According to the indictment authorities obtained against him, Kumar, 44, did not inform patients about this practice before inserting the devices during procedures. Kumar, who worked at the Poplar Avenue Clinic, then billed the federal Medicare and Medicaid insurance programs for hysteroscopy biopsy services as if the treatments were medically necessary – and as if he had used new or properly sterilized equipment.

A hysteroscopy is a procedure used to examine the inside of the uterus, which involves inserting a thin, lighted tube through the vagina and cervix into the uterus, according to .

“Kumar was consistently the top-paid provider in  for Medicare and Medicaid for hysteroscopy biopsy services, and he profited substantially from these criminal acts,” said the acting US attorney for the western district of Tennessee, Reagan Fondren. “The allegations indicate that Kumar acted as a predator in a white coat and used the cover of conducting medical examinations to put his patients at risk and enrich himself.”

The special agent in charge of the FBI’s Nashville field office, Joseph E Carrico, said that there may be additional victims.

“It is important to remember nothing Dr. Kumar has done was, or ever will be, your fault,” Carrico said. “We see time and time again that voices matter, and those who have stepped forward have empowered others to do the same.”
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