New York gynecologist Niels Lauersen is a Park Avenue infertility expert and a best-selling author with a high-wattage clientele. He hobnobs with socialites and celebrities--many of whom swear they would be childless but for his treatment. And he has been dubbed the "dyno gyno" by no less than Geraldo Rivera, whose wife was a patient. But last week Lauersen could be found in a distinctly unglamorous locale: Manhattan federal court, where he faces more than a decade of prison time.
Lauersen is being charged with insurance fraud. Prosecutors say he gave couples infertility treatments, like in vitro fertilization, generally not covered...