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Home • Seeking Victim Information in Dr. Muhammad Cheema Investigation

Seeking Victim Information in Dr. Muhammad Cheema Investigation

Seeking Victim Information in Dr. Muhammad Cheema Investigation

The FBI’s Buffalo Division is returning medical records to patients of Dr. Muhammad Cheema, who was charged with one count of a violation of Title 18, United States Code 1347 (Health Care Fraud) in 2018. The medical records are of Dr. Muhammad Cheema’s patients while he was practicing out of Upstate Psychiatry and Fairport Psychiatry between 2013-2017. Upstate Psychiatry and Fairport Psychiatry were both located at 1387 Fairport Rd, Fairport, New York.

If you and/or your minor dependent(s) were patients of Dr. Muhammad Cheema and would like their medical records returned, please fill out this short form.

The FBI is legally mandated to identify victims of federal crimes it investigates. Victims may be eligible for certain services, restitution, and rights under federal and/or state law. Your responses are voluntary but may be useful in the federal investigation and to identify you as a potential victim. Based on the responses provided, you may be contacted by the FBI and asked to provide additional information. All identities of victims will be kept confidential.

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Date of Birth  
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Questionnaire
1. I am filing this form out on behalf of:


2. If filling this form out on behalf of a minor dependent, please provide the minor dependent’s:
Date of Birth
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3. Were you or a minor dependent(s) a patient of Muhammad Cheema?


4. Do you want your medical records returned to you?


Privacy Act Statement

The FBI is authorized to collect the information on this form by one or more of the following provisions: Title 28, United States Code, sections 533 and 534; Title 28, Code of Federal Regulations, section 0.85; and the Attorney General Guidelines for Victim and Witness Assistance. The information requested will assist the FBI in providing you with assistance to which crime victims are entitled under federal law. You do not have to provide the requested information; however, failure to do so may hinder the FBI in providing you with crime victim assistance. The information collected on this form is protected by the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, Title 5, United States Code section 552a, and is maintained in the FBI’s Central Records System, DOJ/FBI-002, a description of which was published in the Federal Register at 63 Fed. Reg. 8671 (Feb. 20, 1998) and which may be viewed at www.justice.gov/opcl/doj-systems-records#doj