Cemhan “Jimmy” Biricik Arrested Following FBI Raid In Summer, 2025. DOJ Alleges Massive Medicare Fraud.
Prosecutors allege Biricik organized and ran Fast Lab Technologies, LLC, a Wyoming-registered company he controlled as sole member and chief executive, which purported to offer free at-home COVID-19 testing. According to the indictment, Biricik used the company to solicit patients’ insurance information through a website, fastlabtech.com, in exchange for “no cost” test kits, then submitted or caused the submission of claims to Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and private insurers for tests that were never performed or not performed as represented.
The indictment alleges Biricik billed insurers as though laboratory staff had directly observed rapid antigen tests or collected and analyzed saliva samples in a lab, even in cases where test kits were mailed to patients but left unopened and never returned. Prosecutors say Biricik also caused patients’ insurance to be repeatedly billed for additional tests at regular intervals without those patients’ knowledge or consent. The indictment breaks down the alleged fraud by payer: approximately $180 million billed to Medicare Part B, $220 million to Medicare Part C, $101 million to private insurers, $55 million to Medicaid, $8 million to TRICARE and $2 million to FEHBP plans.
Separately, U.S. District Judge Judith E. Levy on May 22 denied a “letter motion” filed by Biricik seeking removal of the GPS tether imposed as a condition of his pretrial release, following opposition from prosecutors. Biricik has remained under court-ordered electronic monitoring since his arrest…