10/15/2026
The United States filed a complaint under the False Claims Act against Jay Johnson and Austin Whiles, alleging that they used their roles at clinical laboratory Capstone Diagnostics to orchestrate two testing schemes – one targeting faith-based communities and the other senior citizens. The first alleged scheme used church-sponsored health fairs and religious conferences to generate genetic testing. The second exploited senior living communities’ demand for COVID-19 testing. Read a story from Fox 5 and a Department of Justice press release.