Illinois man pleads guilty to multi-million dollar Medicare COVID fraud scheme
Syed Murtuza Kablazada has pleaded guilty in federal court to operating a 227 million dollar healthcare fraud scheme involving unrequested COVID-19 tests.
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An Illinois man pleaded guilty on Friday to running a 227 million dollar Medicare fraud scheme, UPI reported. Syed Murtuza Kablazada, a 36-year-old Indian national living in Des Plaines, Illinois, pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of healthcare fraud. [1]
According to UPI, Kablazada used personal information purchased from a company in Pakistan to bill the government for COVID-19 tests that patients never actually received. [1]
Prosecutors stated that Kablazada and his associates purchased three Chicago-area medical laboratories between January and June 2023, UPI reported. The laboratories, named Chicago Care, V Care, and Al-Ameer, were then used to submit fraudulent claims. [1]
The World Health Organization previously declared COVID-19 a public health emergency of international concern on January 30, 2020, and a pandemic on March 11, 2020. [3]
In short
- Syed Murtuza Kablazada pleaded guilty to two counts of healthcare fraud in federal court.
- The 227 million dollar scheme involved billing Medicare for COVID-19 tests that were never received.
- Personal information used in the scheme was purchased from a company based in Pakistan.
- Three Chicago-area medical laboratories were acquired between January and June 2023 to submit claims.
Sources
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- [1]Ill. man pleads guilty in $227M COVID-19 scheme to defraud MedicareUPI, 1h ago (the report this story comes from)
Background
- [2]Irving Shipbuilding on Wikipedia
- [3]COVID-19 on Grokipedia
- [4]Former postal worker pleads guilty in 34 million dollar mail fraud scheme FTMQ News, 21d ago
- [5]Colorado firebomber pleads guilty to federal hate crimes over hostage rally attack FTMQ News, 17h ago
Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 5 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.
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