Businesses owned by Sonjay Fonn close in downtown Cape

Downtown businesses owned by Dr. Sonjay Fonn, a local neurosurgeon, are marked �closed,� as of late Thursday.

Fonn�s Fonn Enterprises LLC owns several properties in Cape Girardeau, including Stevie�s Steakburgers at 600 Broadway, Buckner Ragsdale at 132 N. Main St. and The Bar at 117 Themis St., all of which were marked �closed.�

The company also owns Chocolate Works at 411 Broadway, the permanently closed Namaskar at 1001 Broadway, A Child�s Journey Learning Academy at 3037 Lexington Ave., 65 Doctors� Park and two vacant lots � one on Broadview Street and one on Lexington Avenue. A private residence is also owned by the company, according to online mapping records.

A federal judge in St. Louis recently imposed fines and damages against Fonn totaling $5.49 million.

Fonn and his fiancee, Deborah Seeger, were convicted in November 2017 by a federal jury of submitting false and fraudulent Medicare and Medicaid claims.

Requests for comment from Fonn Enterprises were not immediately returned Friday.

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