Jan. 24 (UPI) -- Federal agents searched the Illinois-based headquarters of a pop-up COVID-19 testing chain and its primary lab, following allegations in multiple lawsuits that the company issued faulty test results and engaged in fraudulent insurance billing practices.
State and federal agencies are investigating the company, Center for COVID Control, and the lab, Doctors Clinical Laboratory, located in Rolling Meadows, Ill. FBI agents executed a search warrant at the site on Saturday, a representative of the FBI's Chicago office told USA TODAY.
Until earlier this month, the company operated 300 testing locations across 26 states. It has billed the federal government for more than $120 million to test uninsured patients.
The company headquarters and the lab are listed at the same address, though a Center for COVID Control representative previously told NBC News that there is "no cross-ownership" between the two.
Saturday's FBI search was the latest step in a series of probes into the company. Last week, the Minnesota Attorney General's Office filed a consumer protection lawsuit accusing the Center for COVID Control of "deceptive and fraudulent practices." The suit claims that the company failed to deliver test results in a timely manner or failed to deliver them altogether, and claims they issued false negative results.
The company is also under investigation by the Oregon Department of Justice, the Illinois Attorney General's Office and the Centers for Medicare and...
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