Two Pakistani men, Burhan Mirza and Kashif Iqbal, have been indicted in the US for a $10 million Medicare fraud in which they submitted thousands of fraudulent documents to claim Medicare and other medical insurance money. Burhan Mirza is a resident of Pakistan and he handled the fraud from Pakistan. His Nexus BPO Solution controlled sensitive patient information used to submit claims without authorization.Texas-based Kashif Iqbal worked as Mirza’s U.S. agent. He is accused of facilitating the transfer of fraud proceeds to Pakistan and managing the logistics of the scheme on American soil.In 2023 and 2024, Burhan Mirza and Kashif Iqbal, along with several co-schemers, used nominee-owned laboratories and durable medical equipment providers to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare and private health care benefit programs for items and services that were not provided, the indictment states, the DoJ documents said. The indictment charges Mirza with 12 counts of health care fraud and five counts of money laundering. Iqbal is charged with 12 counts of health care fraud, six counts of money laundering, and one count of making a false statement to US law enforcement. Arraignments in federal court in Chicago have not yet been scheduled.
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