Information — No. 3:23-cr-00381 (Dkt. 1, N.D. Tex.)

Summary

A criminal information in United States of America v. Damon Heath Roberts, filed September 19, 2023 as Document 1 in No. 3:23-cr-00381-M in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division. Count One charges conspiracy to pay kickbacks for referrals to a Federal health care program under 18 U.S.C. § 371 (42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(b)(2)). The information alleges that beginning in or around February 2023 and continuing to at least in or around May 2023 Roberts, owner of JDS Labs, LLC, paid kickbacks to medical providers and others for Medicare beneficiary information used to bill Medicare for over-the-counter COVID-19 tests. It alleges that JDS Labs submitted nearly $4 million in claims and Medicare paid nearly $1.7 million, and it lists ACH transfers of $1,700, $8,296 and $80,000 as overt acts. The signature block names United States Attorney Leigha Simonton.

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