Georgia Man Charged With Health Care Fraud Over COVID-19 Testing Scheme

Mealey's (April 6, 2020, 10:05 AM EDT) -- TRENTON, N.J. — The U.S. Department of Justice on March 30 announced that a Georgia man had been charged March 26 in federal court in New Jersey for his involvement in schemes that involved him soliciting and receiving kickbacks from companies that conduct genetic testing that was billed to Medicare and for receiving kickbacks for COVID-19 and respiratory pathogen panel (RPP) testing (United States v. Erik Santos, No. 20-9096, D. N.J.)....