$2.5B in Muslim Health Care Fraud Busted

 $703 Million Substance Abuse Treatment Scam

- Foreign nationals involved in a large health care scam.

- Ruknuddin “Rick” Charolia (43), Aamir Ali Arif (32), Shearyar Arif (28), and Fizza Farid (29), all from Pakistan.

- Indicted for submitting $703 million in false Medicare claims.

- Claims included unrequested COVID-19 test kits and other items.

- Medicare paid $418,646,326 based on these fraudulent claims.

- Charolia and Aamir Ali Arif operated a call center in Pakistan.

$894 Million COVID Testing Fraud Scheme

- Participants: Dr. Anosh Ahmed (41, Dubai), Mohamed Sirajudeen (53, Chicago), Mahmood Sami Khan (36), and Suhaib Ahmad Chaudhry (34, Houston).

- Charged for approximately $894 million in false COVID-19 testing claims.

- Claims were submitted to the HRSA COVID-19 Uninsured Program.

- Around $293 million was paid out based on these false claims.

- Dr. Ahmed utilized patient information to generate false claims.

$154 Million COVID Testing Scam

- Jamil Elkoussa (35, Lebanon) charged with wire fraud.

- Operated Meridian Medical Staffing, claiming to collect COVID-19 test specimens.

- Submitted approximately $233 million in false claims to the HRSA program.

- Claims were for specimens that had not been collected, many patients did not exist.

$72 Million COVID Testing Scam

- Minhaj Feroz Muhammad (37) and Sufyan Feroze (34), both from Naperville, Illinois, charged for health care fraud.

- Involved in FZ Medical Inc. , a lab in Des Plaines, Illinois.

- Submitted about $72. 5 million in false claims for COVID-19 testing not provided.

- FZ Medical received approximately $9. 8 million from these fraudulent claims.

$65 Million Testing Scam

- Khadeer Khan Mohammed (44, India) charged with health care fraud.

- Owner of American Premier Labs LLC in Richardson, Texas.

- Submitted approximately $93 million in false claims for genetic testing.

- Caused Medicare to pay around $65 million through these false claims.

$35 Million Scam

- Rami Abunakira (39, Richmond, Texas) charged with conspiracy and kickbacks.

- Submitted approximately $51. 5 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare.

- Medicare paid about $33. 5 million based on those claims.

Additional Testing Fraud Cases

- Dr. Abu Muhammad Haque (70, West Islip, New York) charged in a $15 million scam.

- Ali Rashan (41, New York) charged with multiple fraud-related counts.

- His scheme involved billing insurance providers $24 million for services not provided.

Dearborn Fraud Case

- Wahid Makki (62) and Zainab Makki (62, Dearborn Heights, Michigan) agreed to pay $1. 5 million to resolve a qui tam lawsuit.

- Violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for undispensed prescription drugs.

- Wahid Makki excluded from Medicare and Medicaid for 10 years.

Smaller Scale Schemes

- Multiple individuals charged in relation to various healthcare fraud schemes ranging from $1. 9 million to $2. 7 million.

- Investigations included hospice fraud, home health care fraud, pharmacy fraud, and durable medical equipment schemes.

- Some participants submitted false claims and received kickbacks without providing any services.

- Many of these schemes involve foreign nationals and highlight the significant scale of fraud impacting the U. S. health care system.

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