Fugitive indicted in Louisiana added to FBI Most Wanted list in $547M Medicare fraud case

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – A fugitive indicted in Louisiana has been added to the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters list as federal officials announced hundreds of new health care fraud indictments tied to alleged schemes involving billions of dollars.

Khalid Ahmed Satary was indicted in the Eastern District of Louisiana in 2019 and accused in a health care fraud scheme involving diagnostic testing labs that billed Medicare for more than $547 million.

The Justice Department announced 455 defendants are charged in cases involving alleged false billing, kickbacks, unnecessary procedures and other schemes that officials said stole at least $6.5 billion in taxpayer money…

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