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FBI Captures Healthcare Fraud Mastermind | Lafayette Louisiana News
A healthcare fraud kingpin just got extradited from the Middle East after allegedly swindling Medicare out of half a billion dollars through bogus genetic tests. Khalid Satary, once on the FBI’s most wanted list, ran a sprawling scheme from 2016 to 2019, bribing doctors and recruiters to push expensive, unnecessary tests—each worth up to $20K. Indicted in 2019 and released on bond with a strict “no healthcare” clause, he allegedly kept cashing in from Texas labs while on the lam. A federal warrant was issued in 2022, and he was finally arrested last week—proving these fraud rings are built to…
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