New York lab CEO allegedly billed insurers for $500M in fraudulent COVID test claims
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Adrianne Appel2025-08-04T18:13:00
The chief executive and medical director of Fast Lab Technologies allegedly engaged in a $500 million fraud scheme involving COVID-19 tests, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said.
Fast Lab CEO Cemhan “Jimmy” Biricik and medical director, Martin Perlin, M.D., created the business and its website in 2021, during the height of the pandemic, and advertised “free” COVID-19 tests.
Fast Lab, based in New York, collected individuals’ insurance information and used it to fraudulently bill private insurers and federal health programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE, for COVID-19 testing that never took place, the DOJ alleged.
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