$2.5B in Muslim Health Care Fraud Busted: Over $1 Billion in COVID Testing Fraud Alone; Pakistani Committed $650M in Health Care Fraud in U.S; His Company was Organized in Arizona But Based in Pakistan, and other C-Virus related stories

$2.5B in Muslim Health Care Fraud Busted

Over $1 Billion in COVID testing fraud alone.

Much as with the previous entry, the $650 million substance abuse treatment scam allegedly run out of Pakistan, we have foreign nationals ripping off our health care system on a truly epic scale.

Here’s a $703 million Pakistani scheme.

Ruknuddin “Rick” Charolia, 43, Aamir Ali Arif, 32, Shearyar Arif, 28, and Fizza Farid, 29, all of Pakistan, were charged by indictment for their roles in a $703 million health care fraud scheme. As alleged in the indictment, they caused the submission of $703,834,742 in false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans for over-the-counter COVID-19 test kits, durable medical equipment (“DME”), and genetic tests that patients never requested, received, or consented to receive. Medicare and Medicare Advantage plans paid $418,646,326 based on these claims. As further alleged, Charolia and Aamir Ali Arif operated a Pakistan-based call center,

Here’s an $894 million COVID testing fraud scheme.

Dr. Anosh Ahmed, 41, of Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Mohamed Sirajudeen, 53, of Chicago, Illinois, and Mahmood Sami Khan, 36, and Suhaib Ahmad Chaudhry, 34, both of Houston, Texas, were indicted for their roles in an $894 million fraudulent COVID-19 testing scheme. As alleged in the indictment, Dr. Ahmed, Sirajudeen, and Khan caused clinical laboratories in Illinois and Texas to submit false and fraudulent claims to the HRSA COVID-19 Uninsured Program seeking reimbursement in the amount of approximately $894,520,064 for COVID-19 testing, of which approximately $293,221,468 was paid. Dr. Ahmed was a physician who used patient information obtained from a variety of sources, including a patient list from a hospital where he previously worked, to generate false claims that were submitted through a laboratory in Illinois.

A $154 million COVID testing scam. --->READ MORE HERE

Pakistani Committed $650M in Health Care Fraud in U.S.

His company was organized in Arizona but based in Pakistan

The Justice Department announced a massive takedown of health care fraud and at the top of the list is a Pakistani’s $650 million fraud.

All this and Arizona didn’t even convene a Pakistan Day.

The Justice Department has charged a Pakistani national who allegedly orchestrated a $650 million fraud scheme that primarily targeted an Arizona Medicaid program offering addiction treatment and other services for Native Americans.

Court papers say the defendant, Farrukh Ali, conspired with at least 41 substance abuse clinics to bill the state for hundreds of millions of dollars for substance abuse services that were never provided, not provided as billed or were medically unnecessary. Many of the patients who were enrolled — but not given legitimate treatment — were recruited from the homeless population or Native American reservations, officials say.

Ali, who is not in U.S. custody and is believed to be in Pakistan, faces conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering charges. He could not be reached for comment....

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