Helsinki police have completed most of the investigations into the two cases. One named suspect, Esa Laiho, and one other man under investigation are believed to have practiced medicine in Finland, using forged Russian degrees to be licensed as doctors.
Police are looking at charges of aggravated fraud and forgery. Police have not turned up any evidence that the treatment that the two gave patients constituted malpractice. Laiho is also under suspicion on drug charges, as he was in possession of a small amount of fraudulently acquired prescription medications when detained.
The Helsinki District Court has place a restraint on Laiho's property and ordered an 800,000 euro bond against possible claims.
In connection with his case, police have also been investigating a Finnish man who is resident in the United States, and a Russian contact, both of whom are thought to have aided Laiho in his deception.
Laiho worked as an intern and as a physician for almost ten years between 2001 and 2011.
A second similar case involves a man who began working as an intern in 2008, applied for a license in September 2011 and was exposed as a fraud in November of that same year.
