DETROIT — Despite lacing his pockets with millions he's accused of defrauding from Medicare, the Metro Detroit doctor will be released if he can come up with a $170,000 bond, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

Dr. Farid Fata, 48, of Oakland Township is charged with unthinkable crimes of greed, unnecessarily treating patients whose cancer was in remission with chemotherapy and others whose disease could not possibly be cured by the treatment in order to bill the federal government.

Fata and his wife's estate is worth a taxable value of $40 million, federal officials said in court documents. The couple additionally have $14 million stashed in 33 different accounts.

A federal health care fraud complaint against Fata details FBI interviews with the employees of the doctor's Michigan Hematology Oncology Centers, which has offices in Clarkston, Bloomfield Hills, Lapeer, Sterling Heights, Troy and Oak Park.

One oncologist who worked for Fata told investigators he advised a patient never to return to the offices after chemotherapy treatment was ordered even though his cancer was inactive.

The oncologist "described his work for Dr. Fata as 'living with this hell,'" according to the complaint.

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Fata is responsible for about $24.3 million in drug infusions that he billed directly to Medicare over a two-year period, more than any other hematologist/oncologist in Michigan, according to the FBI.

Should Fata be released on bond, he would be required to wear a GPS tether restricting him to his home and could not practice medicine.