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The alleged health-care fraud schemes involved false billing and theft from federal programs, fake Covid vaccine cards, and Covid test kits.

Documents reveal that the federal government and insurers incentivized healthcare providers in Kentucky and California to vaccinate Medicaid patients against COVID-19 by offering bonuses based on [...]

A man federal prosecutors allege is responsible for an $83.6 million fraudulent COVID-19 testing scheme is out on ...

(The Center Square) – A man federal prosecutors allege is responsible for an $83.6 million fraudulent COVID-19 testing scheme is out on bond after putting up the deed to his 5,600-square-foot suburban Chicago home. Pros...

The indictment alleges that the co-owner and operator of Laboratory A submitted fraudulent test claims and delivered inaccurate and unreliable test results.

Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images(CHICAGO) -- An Illinois man has been indicted for allegedly cheating the U.S. government out of millions of dollars for

(CHICAGO) -- An Illinois man has been indicted for allegedly cheating the U.S. government out of millions of dollars for his pop-up COVID testing company and allegedly lied about test results. Zishan Alvi, 44, was the co-owner of Laboratory Elite, headquartered in Chicago, which purported to offer two types of COVID-19 testing, PCR tests and 15-minute

An Illinois man was indicted for allegedly defrauding the U.S. government of almost $83 million in a COVID testing scheme and giving patients false negative test results.

Medicare spending on testing for the virus continued to increase in 2022 and is outpacing the two prior years.

Medicares COVID-19 testing costs reached over $2 billion in 2022. Experts say financial incentives and a lack of regulation early in the pandemic led to fraud and overspending.