Illinois Laboratory Owner Charged in $66M COVID-19 Testing Fraud Scheme
A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Illinois returned an indictment yesterday charging Rajesh “Raj” Patel, 52, of Schaumburg, Illinois, with a $66.2 million fraud scheme in which Patel allegedly billed for hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 tests that were never performed.
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A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Illinois returned an indictment yesterday charging Rajesh “Raj” Patel, 52, of Schaumburg, Illinois, with a $66.2 million fraud scheme in which Patel allegedly billed for hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 tests that were never performed.
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- U.S. Department of JusticePrimary source · Supports · EN · 100%Illinois Laboratory Owner Charged in $66M COVID-19 Testing Fraud Scheme ↗
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