Anchorage doctor and husband sentenced in $12.5 million health care fraud scheme
By Chris Aadland
Published on March 18, 2026.
An Anchorage doctor and her husband, Dr. Claribel Tan, and Daniel Tan, have been sentenced to 6.5 years in prison and three years of probation respectively for health care fraud and tax evasion charges. The pair allegedly operated a 15-year-long scam from their rheumatology clinic that netted millions in unlawful earnings. The couple failed to pay taxes of more than $4 million on profits from the scheme. The Tans received $12.5 million from health insurance reimbursements for thousands of medical injections they had not purchased or administered to patients. Prosecutors are seeking at least $16.7 million in restitution from the couple.
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