ANDERSON, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The United States Department of Justice says Clinical Laboratory LTD Holding LLC, formerly known as Labtech Diagnostics LLC, of Anderson, has agreed to pay millions to the U.S. to resolve False Claims Act allegations involving illegal kickbacks to doctors.

Labtech and its CEO Joseph Labash, of the United Arab Emirates, were involved in allegations to knowingly and willfully pay five types of kickbacks to induce laboratory testing referrals, officials said.

Officials report the laboratory and its CEO paid doctors kickbacks disguised in three ways - purported office space rental, phlebotomy, and toxicology payments - to induce the doctors to order Labtech’s laboratory tests. They hand-delivered money orders for some such payments, entered into contracts that falsely described the payments as being made for office space rental or phlebotomy or toxicology services and falsified square footage and hours in “fraud and abuse” certification forms in order to cover up the kickbacks from Aug. 2018 to Nov. 2021.

They also arranged, from Sep. to Dec. 2016, to pay a physician practice in Charlotte, North Carolina, an inflated amount for used laboratory equipment to induce the healthcare provider to order Labtech’s testing. And, they provided a pain management practice in Landis, North Carolina, with free services and supplies in connection with drug screen testing from Mar. 2018 to Nov. 2021, in return for it referring its lucrative drug confirmation...

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