Florida Laboratory Vice President and Marketer Convicted of Medicare Fraud for COVID-19 Testing Scheme
Yesterday, a federal jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted a Florida man who was the Vice President of a testing laboratory and owned and operated a separate marketing company for his role in a fraud scheme that took advantage of patients who wanted COVID-19 tests during the pandemic and were instead given additional blood tests they did not want or need, for which Medicare was billed for over $15...
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Yesterday, a federal jury in the Southern District of Florida convicted a Florida man who was the Vice President of a testing laboratory and owned and operated a separate marketing company for his role in a fraud scheme that took advantage of patients who wanted COVID-19 tests during the pandemic and were instead given additional blood tests they did not want or need, for which Medicare was billed for over $15...
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- U.S. Department of JusticePrimary source · Supports · EN · 100%Florida Laboratory Vice President and Marketer Convicted of Medicare Fraud for COVID-19 Testing Scheme ↗
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