Muhamad Aly Rifai
Internist, psychiatrist, and addiction medicine specialist who faced and later wrote about a federal healthcare fraud prosecution; author of the memoir 'Dr. Not Guilty' and the article 'Physician legal rights: What to do when agents knock.'
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Jan 29, 2026 • 19min
Invoking your rights is the only way to survive a federal investigation
Muhamad Aly Rifai, an internist, psychiatrist, and addiction specialist who survived a federal healthcare fraud prosecution and wrote a memoir, walks through what happens when agents knock. He warns against answering questions, explains why mere silence can fail without a verbal rights invocation, and stresses calling specialized counsel and routing all communication through lawyers.
