A doctor who had a million-dollar retirement plot stolen from under his nose in Massachusetts is a serial thief and fraudster who was also convicted of sexually abusing patients.
Cardiologist Dr. Omar Jaraki, 67, made headlines this month after scammers managed to illegally sell a 1.84-acre, million-dollar piece of land in Concord, where Jaraki and his wife Halla planned to retire.
Their unwitting buyers are about to complete a luxurious home on the property, which they will likely lose.
But DailyMail.com can now reveal that Jaraki, from Myrtle Beach in South Carolina, is a serial criminal, and that some of his evil deeds are as brazen as the scam he and Halla fell victim to.
Health insurance companies may get a kick out of hearing Jaraki complain about being scammed when he lost his license in 2013 after overcharging them.
DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal that Dr Omar Jaraki, 67, a cardiologist from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is a serial thief and fraudster who was also convicted of sexually abusing patients.
Jakari and his wife Halla have been involved in a series of scandals, and the doctor who was the victim of the fraud defrauded his patients.
The Jarakis are shown visiting their retirement place in Boston, but Dr. Omar’s disturbing past will likely temper sympathy for the couple.
The Syrian-born doctor also sold a patient a $250 ‘homeopathic remedy’ that he prepared himself and performed excessive tests on patients to increase his fees.
Jaraki’s suspension was also the result of a much more serious infraction that led to him inappropriately touching female patients.
He obtained a conviction for assault for that behaviour, at the same time as being convicted of a series of theft offences.
In June 2008, Jaraki was arrested by Conway police officers after about six patients alleged the doctor touched them inappropriately.
These patients said the doctor made sexually explicit comments to them while they were undergoing treatment.
One of his victims, who called herself Jane Doe in the lawsuit, revealed that he asked her to remove her clothing from the waist up for an EKG during three different clinic visits.
During the third time, she questioned why it was necessary for her to be topless, but the trickster rejected her.
Their explosive lawsuit claimed that Jaraki’s wife, Halla, was aware of his activities but never intervened.
In the photo, the Jaraki retirement plot, with a house under construction.
This is the property built on the land owned by the Jarakis. The scammers sold it behind their backs, but when the couple realized it, a buyer who believed they had bought the land legitimately was building a house on it.
DailyMail.com uncovered Jaraki’s shameful past as he struggles to regain control of his retirement dream
Another photo of the new property whose involuntary ‘owners’ will have to cut their losses or pay the Jarakis the value of the land to stay there.
She also told the court that he had falsified his medical reports and that the couple refused to give him the documents when she asked for them.
Jane Doe demanded $100,000 in damages, which were awarded by a jury. Another accuser also asked the jury for $175,000, which she also received.
Other accusers had asked the jury to decide their damages awards.
Meanwhile, Jaraki He has been convicted of shoplifting three times (in 2006 and twice in 2010) and liked to steal strange objects.
He once stole a black rocking chair from a Cracker Barrel restaurant in North Myrtle Beach. Jaraki targeted the same restaurant on two previous occasions.
Jaraki also stole a large quantity of devices worth $146 from a Home Depot store while purchasing $760 worth of products from the retailer.
In a third wave of thefts, Jaraki stole a home projector and a Harry Potter X-Box game from a Sam’s Club store by scanning bar stools and then putting the most expensive items in her bag.
Jaraki stole a series of chairs from this Cracker Barrell restaurant in Myrtle Beach
He was also caught shoplifting from a Home Depot, despite having plenty of cash to pay for his purchases.
Jaraki was convicted of the crimes of theft and sexual abuse, but avoided going to prison. Records show he was convicted of larceny in New York in 1999, although no details of that crime have been shared.
The Board of Medical Examiners said his professional misconduct and convictions were sufficient grounds for him to stop practicing.
Details of Jaraki’s past were reported by the independent horry.
His shocking scams and crimes emerged weeks after he and Halla revealed a terrible fraud that had happened to them.
The fraudsters managed to forge a number of IDs and documents suggesting they were the rightful owners of the Jarakis’ retirement plot.
This allowed them to sell the land, estimated to be worth $1 million, for a reduced price of $525,000 to an unwitting real estate agent named Max Geesey.
‘They stole our dream. They stole our property. They took a mortgage on it. They are building a house there,” said Omar Jaraki. C.B.S..
The scammers, who have not been identified, used a fake driver’s license, passport and email address to trick a local real estate agent and two other experienced real estate lawyers into allowing them to steal the land in 2023.
This is Jaraki’s former clinic in South Carolina. He was banned from practicing medicine in the state for a series of misconduct and criminal offenses.
The passport used by the scammers, according to them, was that of Jaraki’s wife, although the woman in the photo does not look anything like her.
The same photo of the woman was used on a fake driver’s license to sell the property under the noses of its rightful owners.
The Hallas only discovered what had happened to them when they received a tax bill for the house that was now being built on their lot.
The empty plot was reportedly advertised as “a great opportunity to build your dream home in the ultra-exclusive, sought-after and prestigious neighborhood of Mattison Farm.” One of the only lots left and located on a 1.84 acre parcel. Very close to Concord and Nashawtuc Country Club.
Richard Vetstein, the couple’s lawyer noted: ‘The moment I saw this writing, I knew it was a forgery. You can tell by looking at it. Just the lyrics seem out of place. There were many other red flags.
—Quickly half a million for a falsified driver’s license and passport and for sending a couple of emails. That’s a day’s work.
Officials also noted that Halla’s fake South Carolina driver’s license looked nothing like a real one and, interestingly, his fake U.S. passport had the same photo as the driver’s license.
‘That’s not possible because license photos are taken at the Department of Motor Vehicles. The woman with the fake IDs looks nothing like Halla Jaraki.
‘This is a disaster. It’s not just for us but for other people what’s going to happen to them,’ exclaimed the lawyer.
The wrongful owners of the land, who have not been identified, now face losing their new home or having to pay a considerable extra sum to keep it.
