Complaint — No. 2:21-cr-20030 (Dkt. 1)

Summary

A criminal complaint against Billy Joe Taylor filed May 21, 2021 as Document 1 in No. 2:21-cr-20030-PKH in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith Division, charging health care fraud under 18 U.S.C. §§ 1347 and 2 from about November 2017 to April 2021. It is supported by the redacted affidavit of FBI Special Agent Matthew Ferguson, sworn before Magistrate Judge Mark E. Ford. The affidavit alleges that the defendant used Vitas Laboratory LLC and Beach Tox LLC to bill Medicare for urine drug and other tests that were not ordered or performed, using beneficiary and provider identities. It states that Beach Tox billed Medicare for over $65 million, including more than $42 million after the COVID-19 public health emergency began, with more than $11 million paid, some claims combined with COVID-19 testing claims.

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