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Illinois men face charges for $300m healthcare fraud scheme

PCR/Covid-19 laboratory test vials in a tray.
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The brothers allegedly tried to defraud Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers by filing claims for COVID-19 testing that was never given.

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced a superseding indictment against two Illinois men on charges related to nearly $300m in alleged false claims for COVID-19 lab tests that were never provided.

The brothers, Minhaj Feroz Muhammad and Sufyan Feroze, owned and controlled four clinical laboratories in Illinois and