Reyad Salahaldeen was sentenced to over 12 years in prison and Mohamad Mustafa was sentenced to three years for their roles in a scheme to defraud Medicare, Medicaid, and private health insurance companies by submitting over $522 million in fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary genetic tests. Salahaldeen must pay more than $84.5 million in restitution and Mustafa must pay more than $64 million in restitution.
“Marketers” targeted individuals and induced them to provide their health insurance information and DNA samples in order to obtain costly genetic tests designed to predict the risk of cancer, adverse drug reactions, and other conditions. The marketers obtained DNA samples through telemarketing, door-to-door solicitation, appearances at health fairs, and other methods of in-person solicitation. Read a story from Fox News and a Department of Justice press release.