Man Accused in $12.4 Million COVID-19 Test Scam

Court papers say Abdul Wahed’s company, Pro Diagnostics, is suspected of using a suburban doctor’s credentials without her knowledge to approve advanced COVID-19 tests. People told investigators they never got tested by Pro Diagnostics despite the bills the company submitted to Medicare in their names. Pro Diagnostics billed the government for COVID genotype tests and for respiratory pathogen panel testing, which Medicare calls “add-on” tests. Read a story from the Chicago Sun-Times.

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