Documents say two of them sold Medicare patients’ personal and medical data.
Criminals seek money or sensitive data from unsuspecting consumers.
He targeted beneficiaries with $6,000 CGx tests.
It used a contractor who persuaded seniors in housing complexes to submit to tests.
They give tips on what to look for and how to avoid fraud.
Scheme included telling patients they had less than six months to live and sending chaplains in to lie.
Prosecutors say they used the pandemic for their own financial gain.
Indictment says they created phony medical records.
Charges include billing for over 8,000 sessions never provided.
He referred Medicare beneficiaries to laboratories in exchange for kickbacks.
Two plead guilty to conspiracy to obtain information from a protected computer.
Patients are being denied the care they desperately need.