Lab, Owner Ordered to Pay Over $315 Million

A strand of DNA.

A federal judge has ordered Oxy-Gen and its owner, Jean-Francoise Toure, to pay more than $315 million in restitution and civil penalties in a civil fraud case involving genetic tests that patients did not need. Customers were allegedly offered $50 gift cards for their DNA samples and insurance information. Watch a story on WSB-TV.

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