Two brothers from Naperville, Illinois, are facing federal charges for allegedly running a massive health care fraud ring that exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to siphon millions from government programs. Prosecutors say the pair used the stolen funds to finance a lifestyle involving luxury cars, gold bars, and real estate developments abroad.
Minhaj Feroz Muhammad, 37, and Sufyan Feroze, 35, were named in a superseding indictment unsealed yesterday. They are accused of submitting nearly $300 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers.
According to court documents, the brothers owned and controlled four clinical laboratories in Illinois and California, sometimes hiding their ownership through “straw” buyers. The indictment alleges that through these labs, they billed over $293 million for COVID-19 testing services that were simply never provided…