Indian National Pleads Guilty to $227M Medicare Fraud
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE — An Indian national pleaded guilty today to a $227 million Medicare fraud scheme in which hundreds of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries’ personally identifiable information was purchased from a company based in Pakistan and used to bill Medicare for COVID-19 test kits that were never provided.
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- RT-4FD5E9
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- U.S. Department of Justice
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- Justice
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- 30 October 2026 · 12:00 UTC
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- 30 October 2026 · 20:30 UTC
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- https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/indian-national-pleads-guilty-227m-medicare-fraud
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