Two Georgia men were sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to submitting more than $522 million in fraudulent claims for unnecessary genetic tests to steal money from insurance programs, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on May 4.
Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers paid roughly $84 million on those claims, according to the DOJ statement.
Reyad Salahaldeen, 57, and Mohamad Mustafa, 28, were sentenced to 151 months and 36 months in prison, respectively.
“Under the guise of health care, these two fraudsters attempted to steal more than half a billion dollars from taxpayers through a web of sham contracts, lies, and bribes,” said Colin M. McDonald, Assistant Attorney for the DOJ’s National Fraud Enforcement Division….