April 5, 2018
Posted April 30, 2018
A judgement for roughly $30.6 million was entered against Texas-based BestCare Laboratory Services LLC and its founder Karim Maghareh for violating the False Claims Act by billing the government for thousands of miles that were not actually travelled. Dr. Richard Drummond discovered the fraud after hiring a former BestCare employee and learning of their billing practices. He then filed a whistleblower lawsuit under the qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act. He will receive a whistleblower reward from the proceeds of the judgment. DOJ (SDTX)
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