Dipak Desai, 63, a former endoscopy clinic owner in Las Vegas was found guilty of causing the greatest outbreak of hepatitis C in the U.S in 2007. He was sentenced with life imprisonment by the court.

Desai, who used to be a member of the state medical board, was deemed guilty of multiple charges last July. He was charged with 27 crimes including second-degree murders caused by an infectious disease outbreak that originated from his endoscopy centers.

His former employee Keith Mathahs now 77 years old testified against him which helped the jury to find Desai guilty.

Mathahs used to work as an anaesthetist and nurse at his Washington branch. Although he was the whistle blower that gave hard evidence against Desai and another former employee, he will also be tried by the end of this month for felony charges. His sentence may be around six years of imprisonment.
The other nurse at one of the Desai endoscopy clinics is Ronald Lakeman. He was also found quilty and sentenced to prison for up to 21 years.

One of the casualties of the hepatitis C outbreak, for which Desai was convicted of, is Rodolfo Meana. He died at age 77 in April 2012.

The winning case against Desai had argued that the former clinic owner for endoscopies had malpractices that included prioritizing making money. Because of his greed, the clinics sacrificed the patients' safety and proper hygiene, which in turn caused the disease to spread.

According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the case prosecutors are still considering whether or not to file another case for a new murder case. This other casualty linked to the outbreak is Michael Washington. According to his lawyer Ed Bernstein, his client died of hepatitis C complications on August 23.

After the hepatitis C was officially reported an outbreak in early 2008, the Health District of Southern Nevada had contacted former patients counting around 63,000 to undergo tests and detect any infections involving deadly contagions like HIV and hepatitis.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discovered that there were nine former patients from the Desai endoscopy clinics who were positive for the hepatitis C. Afterwards, health authorities later found other 105 cases that may be linked to the same clinics owned by Desai.