Owner of COVID testing company accused of defrauding US government out of $83M

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Illinois man indicted for allegedly cheating the U.S. government out of millions of dollars for his pop-up COVID testing company.

March 14, 2023, 7:04 PMNurPhoto via Getty Imagesout of millions of dollars for his pop-up COVID testing company and allegedly lied about test results.

These tests were either never performed, performed in such a way that the results were unreliable; or had already been paid for by patients, according to the indictment. Over the course of this period, Laboratory Elite received more than $83 million from the HRSA Uninsured Program, some of which Alvi allegedly transferred to a personal account.NurPhoto via Getty Images

"The indictment seeks forfeiture from the defendant of at least $6.8 million in alleged ill-gotten gains, in addition to five luxury vehicles and funds from other trade and investment accounts" according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

 

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During Korea's 40-year colonial rule, they treated teenage girls as sex slaves, refused to apologize for forced labor, and reportedly discharged contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. Is this country a country?

I think US govt has done a lot more fraud then this

The trump administration would have just put the touch on the perp for 50% of his proceeds. DemocratsDeliver.

Next do pfizer

Nunca olvides

that's because the US Government is a f'ing joke

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