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Indian jailed for 1m Medicare fraud scheme
Mohammed Asif pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud in connection with the operation of American Labworks LLC in September.
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Rwittika Chakraborty
- Wed, 03, Dec 2025
- 03:18 EST
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An Indian national, Mohammed Asif, was convicted of health care fraud on Dec. 2 and sentenced to two years in prison in U.S. District Court in Seattle.
Back in Apr. 10, Asif, 35, was arrested at Chicago O’Hare International Airport while attempting to board an international flight.
He then pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud in connection with the operation of American Labworks LLC, a diagnostic testing laboratory in Everett, Washington, in September.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Washington, Asif conspired with others to bill Medicare for COVID-19 tests and other respiratory illness tests that had originally not been ordered or performed.
The records filed in the case show that the Washington Secretary of State has American Labworks being formed in October 2021 and dissolved in March 2025. As per Washington Department of Health records, its license as a Medical Test Site expired in December 2023.
Asif is listed in filings with the state and with Medicare as the owner and director of American Labworks, which billed Medicare more than $8.7 million for laboratory testing services from April 2024 to December 2024. Medicare paid out over $1.1 million to the lab.
During his sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge James L. Robart ruled that the fraud amount, $1,174,813, was a ‘significant amount’ that exploited the elderly and the underprivileged, portraying Asif to be ‘someone the public needs to be protected from.’
Along with his sentence, Asif was ordered to pay $1,174,813 in restitution. While he has been convicted and is likely to be deported following his prison term, his fellow conspirators remain at large, making the investigation by HHS-OIG and the FBI in the case ongoing.
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