WEST CHICAGO, IL — A West Chicago man was indicted on federal charges after he was accused of taking part in a $10 million fraudulent health care scheme.
According to prosecutors, in 2023 and 2024, Khan "recruited and managed individuals to pose as the nominee owners of medical businesses that included durable medical equipment providers and laboratories. Prosecutors say Kashif Iqbal, 48, of Texas, and Burhan Mirza, 31, of Pakistan, used used these businesses to submit false claims to Medicare.
Navaid Rasheed, 43, of Texas, is accused of tracking "payments of false claims in the United States to the nominee-owned companies, as well as disbursement of the fraud proceeds to the co-schemers," the news release said.
Iqbal was charged with one count of making a false statement to United States law enforcement, six counts of money laundering and 12 counts of health care fraud. Mirza was charged with five counts of money laundering and 12 counts of health care fraud.
"Rooting out fraud is a priority for this Justice Department, and these defendants allegedly billed millions of dollars from Medicare and laundered the proceeds to Pakistan," Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement.
Blanche added, “These alleged criminals stole from a program designed to provide health care benefits to American seniors and the disabled, not line the pockets of foreign fraudsters. We will not tolerate these schemes that divert taxpayer dollars to criminals.”
Khan has not yet been...
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