CHICAGO (WLS) -- A felony criminal indictment unsealed in federal court on Friday alleges a Schaumburg laboratory owner was involved in a COVID-19 test-kit scheme to defraud Medicare and hundreds of ...

In early February 2020, Kirsten St. George and her team at New York state's public health lab received a test developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to diagnose people infected ...

INVERNESS, IL — A north suburban man who ran a lab in Chicago pleaded guilty to fraud in a $14 million scheme in which his business billed the government for coronavirus testing that either wasn't ...

An Illinois laboratory owner pleaded guilty to wire fraud as part of a COVID-19 testing fraud scheme on September 30, according to the Department of Justice's Office of Public Affairs press release.

The co-owner of a Chicago-based lab has pleaded guilty for his role in a COVID testing scam that raked in millions—which he used to buy stocks, cryptocurrency, and several luxury cars while still ...

The co-owner of a Chicago COVID-19 testing laboratory was sentenced to seven years in federal prison Wednesday for a fraud scheme in which in which his company provided fake negative results to people ...

CHICAGO (WGN) – The owner of a laboratory in Chicago has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in a COVID-19 testing fraud scheme. Court documents said 46-year-old Zishan Alvi of ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- It may sound strange, a mystery COVID-19 test showing up at your home without you ordering it. But the problem is getting so bad that the Better Business Bureau has issued an alert ...

A COVID testing lab in Chicago delivered negative results to people before their tests had even been run, federal officials said. The owner and operator, 45-year-old Zishan Alvi, pleaded guilty to ...

A Glendale laboratory owner acknowledged in federal court that she fraudulently billed hundreds of million of dollars in COVID-19 testing during a nearly two-year run. Lourdes Navarro, 64, could ...