Two people behind a genetic testing fraud and fraud that cost more than half a billion dollars have been sentenced to prison.
US Department of Justice he says that Reyad Salahaldeen and Mohamad Mustafa, both from Georgia, paid more than $522 million for fraudulently obtained unwanted genetic tests.
Salahaldeen controlled four laboratories, including two owned by Mustafa: Express Diagnostics in New Jersey, BioConfirm in Georgia and Tox Management and Tri-State Toxicology in Texas.
Court documents show that from 2018 to August 2020, Salahaldeen and his associates paid illegal bribes and kickbacks to a group of advertisers who enticed people with Medicare, Medicaid and insurance plans to provide health insurance information and DNA samples to obtain expensive tests for cancer and other medical conditions.
They also instructed the dealers to obtain fraudulent laboratory applications for testing from health care providers who did not treat the beneficiaries or use the results for treatment.
Salahaldeen falsified laboratory application forms, necessary hospital letters and other medical records to make the tests appear legitimate. He also worked with Mustafa to hide illegal payments and bribes by creating fraudulent contracts and invoices.
The DOJ says Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers paid $84 million of the $522 million in fraud claims the four laboratories paid.
Colin M. McDonald, Assistant State Attorney for the National Fraud Enforcement Division,
“Under the guise of health care, these two fraudsters attempted to steal more than half a billion dollars from taxpayers through fraudulent contracts, lies, and bribery.” These methods cost the American public money and destroy the faith in medicine that patients need and want.”
Salahaldeen was convicted 151 months in prison. Mustafa was sentenced to three years.
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