Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Perth Amboy Police Department Chief Lawrence Cattano announced that a Perth Amboy doctor and his officer manager had been charged with additional offenses. The investigation began when a woman alleged that a doctor touched her inappropriately when she was under his care at Amboy Urgent Care at 469 Cornell Street.

56-year-old Dr. Gurvindra Johal, of Colonia, New Jersey, was previously charged with six counts of criminal sexual contact and one count of sexual assault. 32-year-old Rani Patel, of Carteret, New Jersey, was previously charged with two counts of obstruction, one count of falsifying or tampering with records, one count of destruction, falsification, or alteration of medical records, one count of insurance fraud, one count of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, two counts of computer theft, two counts of hindering, and one count of witness tampering.

Authorities say the investigation into the criminal sexual contact allegations revealed that the pair conspired to prevent the insurance company from substantiating an allegation of wrongdoing against Johal. Patel allegedly submitted a fraudulent letter to the insurance company with the victim’s medical records that had been altered. On December 14, Johal was charged with one count of insurance fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit insurance fraud, and one count of hindering his own apprehension.

Patel was charged with conspiracy to commit insurance fraud.