New York - Dr. Niels Laursen, the celebrity gynecologist, whose clients included Liv Ullman, Celine Dion, and Geraldo Rivera's wife, was convicted yesterday of duping insurance companies into paying for uncovered fertility treatments.
The Manhattan federal jury convicted him, after a retrial, of 16 counts of conspiracy, witness tampering, health care and mail fraud in connection with a $2.5 million, 10 year scheme to submit false bills to insurers.