A fugitive who was wanted in connection with a $547 million health care fraud conspiracy has been arrested, FBI officials in Miami said Tuesday.
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Khalid Ahmed Satary, 54, was described as a “most wanted fraudster” and was indicted in 2019 in Louisiana
According to the FBI, Satary owned and operated diagnostic testing laboratories throughout the United States which allegedly billed the Medicare Program for expensive and medically unnecessary genetic tests.
“This defendant allegedly orchestrated a massive fraud scheme that preyed on thousands of elderly patients, deceiving them into undergoing expensive, medically unnecessary tests and fraudulently billing the government for more than half a billion dollars,” said Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. “Thanks to the outstanding work of our partners at the FBI, this defendant was brought back from overseas to face justice in the United States. Our message to fraudsters is clear: If you steal from American taxpayers and exploit vulnerable patients, we will find and prosecute you, no matter where you are.”
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. Satary faces charges for his alleged role in… pic.twitter.com/sh7ILye5v8
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Satary and dozens of patient recruiters, telemarketing call centers, and telemedicine companies conspired to generate cancer genetic test samples that reimbursed between $10,000 to $20,000 per sample, authorities said.
The scheme, which ran between 2016 and 2019, billed Medicare for over $547 million, authorities said.
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Satary also allegedly paid millions of dollars of illegal kickbacks and bribes to doctors and patient recruiters.
After he was indicted in September 2019, Satary was arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud, health care fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States and to pay and receive illegal health care kickbacks and bribes, and conspiracy to launder monetary instruments.
After he was granted bond, Satary allegedly conspired with Houston-based laboratories to submit fraudulent genetic testing claims to Medicare.
A federal arrest warrant was issued for Satary in November 2022 for a pre-trial release violation.
Satary, who uses multiple 1972 dates of birth, has had ties to Houston, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia; Delray Beach, Florida; Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Jordan; and the Israel/Palestine areas, the FBI said.
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