USA v. Patel

  1. August 18, 2023

    Ex-Lab Co. CEO Gets 27 Years For $187M Medicare Fraud

    A Florida federal judge on Friday sentenced the former chief executive of a laboratory company to 27 years in prison for his role in running a yearslong scheme in which he billed Medicare for medically unnecessary genetic tests, resulting in $187 million of fraudulently obtained proceeds.

  2. August 15, 2023

    Life Sentence Advised For Ex-CEO In $187M Medicare Fraud

    Federal prosecutors recommended a life sentence for the ex-CEO of a laboratory company found guilty of orchestrating a conspiracy to fraudulently bill Medicare $187 million for medically unnecessary genetic testing, saying his punishment "should be measured in decades, not merely months or years."

  3. December 14, 2022

    LabSolutions CEO Guilty In $187M Telemed Billing Scheme

    Jurors returned a guilty verdict Wednesday against the CEO of genetic testing company LabSolutions on accusations of orchestrating a scheme to bill $187 million to Medicare for medically unnecessary genetic testing.

  4. December 12, 2022

    Deliberations Start In $187M Genetic Testing Scheme

    Jurors began deliberating on Monday in the criminal case against the CEO of genetic testing company LabSolutions after federal prosecutors urged a guilty verdict for an alleged scheme to bill $187 million to Medicare for medically unnecessary genetic testing.

  5. September 27, 2019

    35 Charged In $2.1B Telehealth Gene Test Fraud

    Nearly three dozen people were hit with federal charges over alleged fraud using telehealth companies to recruit patients for unnecessary genetic tests that cost Medicare $2.1 billion, a scam the U.S. Department of Justice called "one of the largest health care fraud schemes ever charged."

  6. September 25, 2019

    DOJ Targets Telehealth Fraud Tied To Genetic Testing

    The U.S. Department of Justice is taking aim at alleged telehealth schemes that fraudulently billed hundreds of millions of dollars to Medicare for genetic testing and other treatments, court documents showed on Wednesday.