The FBI has offered a reward for the most wanted fraudster in U.S. history
The U.S. federal government has issued a warrant for the arrest of an international fugitive linked to Palm Beach County, who has been officially designated as one of the country’s most wanted criminals in connection with a massive half-billion-dollar Medicare fraud scheme. A $150,000 reward has been offered for information on Khalid Satari.
Khalid Ahmed Sattari owned and operated diagnostic laboratories that billed Medicare for expensive and unnecessary genetic tests. The fraud could have cost the government $547 million.
Investigators claim that Satari has ties to or may travel to Delray Beach, as well as to Houston, Atlanta, Dubai, Jordan, and Israel. He is being called “the FBI’s most wanted fraudster.”
The FBI describes Satari as the mastermind behind a scheme that exploited the Medicare program for years and reportedly defrauded the federal agency of $547 million in a healthcare fraud conspiracy. The FBI alleges that between 2016 and 2019, Satari owned and operated several diagnostic testing laboratories across the country. The laboratories allegedly billed Medicare for expensive and medically unnecessary genetic tests.
The FBI stated that Satari conspired with dozens of patient recruiters, telemarketing call centers, and telemedicine companies to use deceptive marketing campaigns and illegal kickbacks and bribes to generate genetic cancer test samples that were reimbursed at rates ranging from $10,000 to $20,000 per sample.
FBI officials added that Satari distributed millions of dollars in illegal kickbacks and bribes to doctors and patient recruiters as part of this scheme.
As a reminder, the U.S. Department of State, as part of the Rewards for Justice program, has offered a reward for information leading to the identification of Iranian cybercriminals responsible for hacking the personal email account of FBI Director Kash Patel.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation collects information on users’ locations through common mobile apps and games installed on smartphones.
