JUST WEEKS AFTER THE FIRST CASES OF SARS-CoV-2 appeared in the United States, federal prosecutors filed criminal charges in a COVID-19 lab test fraud scheme. Erik Santos, 49, of Braselton, Ga., was charged with conspiracy to defraud federal and private healthcare programs by submitting fraudulent testing claims for COVID-19 and genetic cancer screenings. This may be a sign that federal healthcare investigators will […]
- Lab Fraud Alert
DOJ Says Georgia Man Got Kickbacks for COVID-19 Tests
Certain labs paid defendant a kickback of between $125 and $250 for each cornavirus test referral
- By Joseph Burns
- > From the Volume XXVII No. 6 - April 20, 2020 Issue
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