ReleaseU.S. Department of Justice
Illinois Laboratory Owner Charged in $66M COVID-19 Testing Fraud Scheme
U.S. Department of Justice published "Illinois Laboratory Owner Charged in $66M COVID-19 Testing Fraud Scheme" at 2026-10-20 12:00 UTC. First seen on Kresmion 2026-10-20 15:27 UTC, 3 h after publication.
The record
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of Justice
- Source
- U.S. Department of Justice
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- United States
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- Enforcement
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- Published (source time)
- 2026-10-20 12:00 UTC
- First seen on Kresmion
- 2026-10-20 15:27 UTC, 3 h after publication
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The publisher's summary
A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Illinois returned an indictment yesterday charging Rajesh “Raj” Patel, 52, of Schaumburg, Illinois, with a $66.2 million fraud scheme in which Patel allegedly billed for hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 tests that were never performed.
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