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Lab Operators In Bergen, Morris Defrauded Government Out Of $3.5M For COVID Tests: Feds
Two business partners from Bergen and Morris counties operated a clinical lab that defrauded government health insurance programs out of an estimated $3.5 million for COVID testing, federal authorities charged.
Tariq Din, 55, of Saddle River, and Abid Syed, 45, of East Hanover, paid kickbacks to "marketers" for referrals to their Metpath Laboratories in Parsippany, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said.
Two of the accused marketers, Muhammed Aurangzeb, 45, of Robbinsville, and David Weathers, 59, of the Bronx, received $5 to $30 per referral from Metpath, the U.S. attorney said.
Weathers …
Feds Charge Clifton Doc With Randomly Doling Out Large Doses Of Oxy, Xanax, More
A Clifton orthopedic surgeon was charged by federal authorities with prescribing high doses of addictive opioid painkillers to patients who abused, sold or otherwise didn't need them.
Evangelos Megariotis, 68, prescribed Oxycodone, Xanax, cough syrup with codeine and stimulants “outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose,” U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said.
Megariotis, who owned and operated Clifton Orthopedic Associates, already has been banned by the state from ever again practicing medicine or prescribing drugs in New Jersey.
State au…
NJ Transit Conductors, Wife Arrested In Telemedicine Fraud Scheme
Two NJ Transit conductors were among three people arrested in a fraud scheme in which they recruited employees to get doctors to write various prescriptions, costing the insurance company more than $800,000, authorities said.
David A. Rasmussen, 55, Raymond Giovanne, 33, and Suzanne Rasmussen, 52 -- David's wife -- participated in a scheme to defraud NJ State Blue Cross/Blue Shield, which provides health insurance coverage to state employees, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office announced July 29.
David Rasmussen is the delegate recommended by the union to serve as a member of the NJ T…
