Overview
- The Justice Department said Monday that Reyad Salahaldeen received 151 months in prison and Mohamad Mustafa received three years.
- Prosecutors said the pair used paid marketers from 2018 to August 2020 to collect DNA and insurance details and to get sham test orders from providers who never treated the patients.
- The labs tied to the scheme in Georgia, New Jersey, and Texas billed about $522 million, with roughly $84 million paid by Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurers.
- Agents arrested Salahaldeen at the U.S.–Mexico border after he tried to use another person’s ID to flee following the indictment.
- Judges ordered $84.6 million in restitution from Salahaldeen and $64.3 million from Mustafa, in a case DOJ, HHS‑OIG, and the FBI describe as part of a broader crackdown that has already produced 11 co‑conspirator sentences.