Indictment — No. 1:21-cr-20321 (Dkt. 1, S.D. Fla.)

Summary

An indictment entered on the docket May 25, 2021 as Document 1 in United States v. Michael Stein and Leonel Palatnik, Case 1:21-cr-20321-CMA, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Count 1 charges both defendants with conspiracy to defraud the United States and to pay and receive kickbacks under 18 U.S.C. § 371. The grand jury charges that laboratories owned by Panda paid kickbacks to entities controlled by Stein, including under a $50,000-per-month services agreement, in exchange for arranging telemedicine providers to order genetic testing for Medicare beneficiaries. It states that during the COVID-19 public health emergency the laboratories submitted more than approximately $73 million in claims and Medicare paid more than $51 million. Penalty sheets list the kickback counts against each defendant.

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