Yitzchok “Barry” Kurtzer and Robin Kurtzer are charged with various counts for participating in a scheme to solicit and receive kickbacks and bribes in exchange for ordering genetic tests. Yitzchok Kurtzer allegedly correlated genetic test swab collection to bribe and kickback payments, regardless of medical necessity. He admitted in a recording that he provided a patient false information to get them to agree to be swabbed for a genetic test. Read a story from Essex Daily Voice and a Department of Justice press release.
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