Khalid Satary, a 54-year-old foreign national accused of orchestrating one of the largest health care fraud schemes ever charged by the US Department of Justice, was arrested this week after evading authorities for more than three years.
Satary was indicted in 2019 in the Eastern District of Louisiana for allegedly running a scheme that fraudulently billed Medicare over USD 547 million (approximately INR 47,000 crore) for unnecessary genetic testing between 2016 and 2019.
He was apprehended in the Middle East on Monday, July 20, and flown back to the United States, where he made his initial court appearance in the Eastern District of Virginia on Tuesday, July 21.
His capture marks the third arrest under the FBI's newly created Most Wanted Fraudsters List, launched just weeks earlier in June.
Who Is Khalid Satary According to the Department of Justice, Satary owned and operated several diagnostic testing laboratories across the United States.
Prosecutors allege he conspired with dozens of patient recruiters, telemarketing call centers, and telemedicine companies to run deceptive marketing campaigns alongside illegal kickbacks and bribes.
The scheme generated cancer genetic test samples that were reimbursed between USD 10,000 and USD 20,000 each.
Through his network of laboratories, Satary allegedly billed Medicare for more than half a billion dollars while also paying millions in illegal kickbacks and bribes to doctors and patient recruiters.
Why Did FBI Put USD 50,000 Reward on Goldy Brar Aka Satinderjeet Singh? FBI Most Wanted Fraudster Arrested in USD 547 Million Medicare Fraud Case FBI MIAMI CASE UPDATE: The FBI’s successful FTOC (foreign transfer of custody) today of Most Wanted Fraudster Khalid Ahmed Satary from the Middle East is another example of the FBI’s commitment to bring financial fraudsters to justice.
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