Update: Lab Owner Sentenced in COVID-19 Test Kit Scheme

In an update to a December 8, 2023, story, Baqar Hussain Razv Syed was sentenced to two years in prison and was ordered to pay $14.4 million in restitution. Read a story from WBAL.

Baqar Hussain Razv Syed, the owner of Luna Labs, is accused of filing millions of dollars’ worth of false Medicare claims for allegedly providing COVID-19 test kits to beneficiaries across the country who said they had never requested or ordered such tests. Syed is also accused of filing claims on behalf of hundreds of “deceased beneficiaries,” court records show. Read and watch a story from ABC 7 Chicago.

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