court: "Tactically, Dr. Chandra played a high stakes game. The phrase, 'live by the sword, die by the sword' comes to mind. In the end, he failed abjectly." Chandra had been appointed in 1989 as an Officer in the Order of Canada. His membership in the Order of Canada was terminated on December 3, 2015. Investigation by College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario Chandra is listed in the official directory of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) with a revocation of registration effective 18 June 2018. The Discipline Committee of the CPSO investigated allegations of fraud against Chandra, and found that he engaged in a multi-year scheme to defraud the Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) of over $2 million. College prosecutor Elisabeth Widner said, "[Chandra] targeted OHIP in a calculated fraud in which he used and induced patients and staff members by furnishing them with money and cheques for improper use in a billing scheme ... There was little to no medical services provided for the $2 million-plus..." The Committee report stated that Chandra's actions could be "reasonably [...] regarded by members as disgraceful, dishonourable or unprofessional." Along with revocation of Chandra's certificate of registration, the Committee ordered Chandra to pay over $51,000 in fines and College costs. See also List of scientific misconduct incidents References External links After court verdict, BMJ retracts 26-year-old paper (October 2015 retraction of 1989 paper about breastfeeding and infant formula) Living people Canadian people of Indian descent Memorial University of Newfoundland faculty People involved in scientific misconduct incidents People removed from the Order of Canada Medical controversies in Canada 1938 births