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FIRST ON FOX: <\/strong>Two men were sentenced Monday for charges related to orchestrating a sprawling $522 million fraud scheme that targeted Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers \u2014 using kickbacks, fake medical orders and DNA samples collected from patients across the country.<\/p>\n

Reyad Salahaldeen, 57, of Buford, Georgia<\/a>, was sentenced to 12 years and 7 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud. Mohamad Mustafa, 28, of Duluth, Georgia, was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to paying illegal health care kickbacks, according to the Justice Department.<\/p>\n

“Under the guise of health care, these two fraudsters attempted to steal more than half a billion dollars from taxpayers,” the Justice Department said.<\/p>\n

Federal prosecutors said the scheme led to roughly $84 million in payouts from Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers, highlighting the scale of fraud authorities say is draining taxpayer-funded health programs and driving a broader federal crackdown.<\/p>\n

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The scheme relied on a network of marketers who targeted individuals \u2014 many covered by Medicare \u2014 and persuaded them to take genetic tests by promoting them as free or medically important screenings, including for cancer risk.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said the tests were often not medically necessary and were ordered by medical providers who had not treated the patients and did not use the results in their care.<\/p>\n

That allowed the laboratories to bill government health programs for costly tests that would not otherwise have been approved, officials said.<\/p>\n

Both men were also ordered to pay substantial restitution. Salahaldeen was ordered to repay more than $84.5 million, while Mustafa must pay more than $64.3 million.<\/p>\n

Salahaldeen was also ordered to forfeit more than $3 million from bank accounts, along with a 2019 GMC Yukon and properties in Texas and Georgia.<\/p>\n

Mustafa was born in the United States, while Salahaldeen is a Palestinian national who became a lawful permanent resident in 2004, according to officials.<\/p>\n

The scheme ran from 2018 through August 2020 and used a network of marketers making telemarketing calls, door-to-door outreach and health fairs to collect DNA samples and insurance information from patients.<\/p>\n

Court documents say Salahaldeen controlled multiple laboratories across New Jersey<\/a>, Georgia and Texas, including Express Diagnostics and BioConfirm Laboratories.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said marketers were paid illegal kickbacks to obtain genetic testing orders from medical providers who had not treated the patients and did not use the results in care.<\/p>\n

Authorities said Salahaldeen falsified requisition forms, letters of medical necessity and other records to make the tests appear legitimate.<\/p>\n

MAN CHARGED IN $90M MEDICARE FRAUD SCHEME; DOJ SAYS SUSPECT MAY HAVE ENTERED US ILLEGALLY<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Mustafa, who co-controlled some of the laboratories, helped carry out the scheme by paying kickbacks and creating sham contracts and invoices to disguise illegal payments as legitimate marketing services.<\/p>\n

In total, the labs billed roughly $522 million in fraudulent claims. Government health programs<\/a> and private insurers paid out approximately $84 million, officials said.<\/p>\n

Authorities said Salahaldeen attempted to evade arrest after learning of the charges, traveling from North Carolina to Texas and attempting to cross into Mexico using another person\u2019s identification before being apprehended at the border.<\/p>\n

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Federal officials say many of the largest schemes are no longer isolated \u2014 but driven by organized networks coordinating across multiple states.<\/p>\n

Authorities have pointed to major cases in recent years, including a COVID-19 pandemic-era fraud scheme in Minnesota that prosecutors allege siphoned more than $240 million in federal funds meant to feed children.<\/p>\n

That case, known as Feeding Our Future, has led to dozens of charges and sentences of up to 28 years in prison.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors say the scheme relied on shell nonprofits, fake meal counts and falsified records \u2014 tactics similar to those used in the genetic testing fraud case.<\/p>\n

The case is part of a broader federal crackdown on health care fraud. Eleven additional co-conspirators \u2014 including marketers, nurse practitioners and doctors \u2014 already have been sentenced, receiving penalties ranging from probation to nearly four years in prison.<\/p>\n

Justice Department officials said the case reflects an intensified push to combat fraud under Trump\u2019s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, chaired by Vice President JD Vance.<\/p>\n

Since 2007, the DOJ\u2019s Health Care Fraud Strike Force Program has charged more than 6,200 defendants responsible for over $45 billion in fraudulent billing, according to the department.<\/p>\n

Attorney information for Salahaldeen and Mustafa was not immediately available.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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