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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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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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