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Posted on 09/25/2026 6:47:08 AM PDT by Twotone
A Florida man pleaded guilty for his role in a COVID-era healthcare fraud scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan announced Thursday.
Hasan “Lucas” Seyhun, 45, of Miami, Florida, admitted guilt Wednesday to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud for his part in documenting more than $500 million in fake claims to government-backed health programs, according to the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) news release.
Seyhun previously served as the chief operating officer of New York-based Fast Lab Technologies (Fast Lab), which provided “no cost” COVID-19 tests during the pandemic that customers could purchase online via the company’s website, the DOJ said, citing court documents.
Fast Lab subsequently used customers’ insurance information to falsely bill for services that were not actually provided, including false claims that antigen tests had been observed by medical professionals, that saliva samples had been collected by medical personnel and that PCR testing had been conducted on those samples, according to the department.
“At a time when Americans were scared for their families and their futures, Hasan Seyhun saw an opportunity to turn a national crisis into his own personal payday,” Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald of the National Fraud Enforcement Division said in a statement in the DOJ’s news release. “Instead of providing the American people with the assistance they needed during a critical time, Seyhun and his colleagues exploited their trust, and lined their pockets from fraudulent insurance claims.”
“The Fraud Division will not let up in its relentless pursuit of COVID era fraudsters,”McDonald continued.
U.S. Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. said in a statement in the release that Seyhun and his co-conspirators “were so confident in their scheme that they routinely submitted claims for payment before test kits were even delivered to the customer.”
Thursday’s announcement comes amid the Trump administration’s ongoing push to combat healthcare fraud across the U.S. The administration announced Thursday that it has uncovered more than $1.2 billion in suspected fraud across five COVID-related contracts.
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AI would catch this crap pretty quick , it would watch everything
What about the people who received false test results??? Convict for fraud, yes, but there needs to be a greater penalty.
WTF??????
A half billion dollars gone POOF, just like that? Are they F-ing kidding me?
AND, the demorats will look the other way...
AND, the demorats will look the other way...
Not a chance. They're in on it.
Seyhun is Turkish origin name
I am so tired of reading about fraud claims against the government.
“Seyhun is Turkish origin name”
I was wondering, is he a Florida Man?
“Hasan “Lucas” Seyhun, 45, of Miami, Florida”
He went big.
Can’t find a photo can we ???!
Is it just a coincidence that so many of those going down for fraud against the Federal Government and Taxpayers carry non-English and non-European names?
In this 21st century ... immigrants or so called invaders, move to the USA to screw and rip us off.
Obviously.
Ha, “hold my beer” says CaCaLand.
Our unemployment/work welfare gov’mt dept blew thru $800M paying out unemployment $$ to state prisoners.
Most states, before mailing a check, check to see if the supposed recipient is in their prison. Just before the WuhanFlu scam CaCaLand got rid of that validity check — and then paid out all of those millions from the other 49 states. Much of that was “Covid money”.
The Fed needs to simply demand an after the fact audit of every dollar sent back to any state. If fraud is detected all monies stop. Period.
“Hasan “Lucas” Seyhun”
Those wacky Amish at it again.
I missed the part where the stolen half BILLION was recovered. Where did the public’s money go? I want it back.
Thieving foreigner Seyhun ripped off Americans bigtime-——he was COO of NY-based “Fast Lab Technologies,” which lured applicants by providing “no cost” COVID-19 tests during the pandemic.
Applicants purchased the service online via the company’s website.
Later Seyhun cunningly used their insurance information to:
<><>falsely bill for services that were not actually provided,
<><>falsify claims that antigen tests had been observed by medical professionals,
<><>that saliva samples had been collected by medical personnel
<><>and that PCR testing had been conducted on those samples.
Medicaid is an absolutely bloated and corrupt system.
Over the years, Democrats have attached and implanted so many new programs to it, such as home-health care, health-care "education," advocacy, etc... - all paid for by Fed.gov - which are really just channels for theft and funding of Democrat political operations.
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