A Nigerian national, Olatunbosun Osukoya, has been indicted by the United States government in connection with a massive healthcare fraud scheme valued at over $14 billion, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Osukoya, 67, was named alongside 323 other individuals—among them doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other licensed medical professionals—charged across 50 federal districts in what authorities described as one of the largest healthcare fraud crackdowns in U.S. history.
In a statement released Thursday, the Department of Justice revealed that the defendants are facing charges for various fraudulent schemes that targeted government and private health insurance programs.
The DOJ specifically accused Osukoya, owner of Ayo Biometrics LLC, operating as Cambridge Diagnostics, of submitting more than $25 million in false medical claims to Medicare, TRICARE, and other insurers.
Investigators alleged he orchestrated a scheme that involved recruiting insured individuals for costly and unnecessary EEG testing.
According to the indictment, Osukoya paid illegal kickbacks and bribes to medical practitioners in exchange for patient referrals to his diagnostic center.
To make the transactions appear legitimate, he and his co-conspirators reportedly falsified diagnoses and disguised illegal payments as consulting fees, medical directorships, and loans.
Authorities said Osukoya received over $5 million in payouts for the fraudulent claims and allegedly disbursed more than $450,000 in unlawful kickbacks during the scheme.
Meanwhile, in a separate but related case, PUNCH Metro reported that another Nigerian, Newton Ofioritse Jemide, was sentenced to three years and five months in prison in the U.S. after being extradited from France.
Jemide was convicted of fraudulently obtaining $8 million in federal disaster relief funds meant for vulnerable Americans.
Judge Deborah K. Chasanow of a U.S. District Court handed down the sentence on Tuesday.rackdown
A Nigerian national, Olatunbosun Osukoya, has been indicted by the United States government in connection with a massive healthcare fraud scheme valued at over $14 billion, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Osukoya, 67, was named alongside 323 other individuals—among them doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other licensed medical professionals—charged across 50 federal districts in what authorities described as one of the largest healthcare fraud crackdowns in U.S. history.
In a statement released Thursday, the Department of Justice revealed that the defendants are facing charges for various fraudulent schemes that targeted government and private health insurance programs.
The DOJ specifically accused Osukoya, owner of Ayo Biometrics LLC, operating as Cambridge Diagnostics, of submitting more than $25 million in false medical claims to Medicare, TRICARE, and other insurers.
Investigators alleged he orchestrated a scheme that involved recruiting insured individuals for costly and unnecessary EEG testing.
According to the indictment, Osukoya paid illegal kickbacks and bribes to medical practitioners in exchange for patient referrals to his diagnostic center.
To make the transactions appear legitimate, he and his co-conspirators reportedly falsified diagnoses and disguised illegal payments as consulting fees, medical directorships, and loans.
Authorities said Osukoya received over $5 million in payouts for the fraudulent claims and allegedly disbursed more than $450,000 in unlawful kickbacks during the scheme.
Meanwhile, in a separate but related case, PUNCH Metro reported that another Nigerian, Newton Ofioritse Jemide, was sentenced to three years and five months in prison in the U.S. after being extradited from France.
Jemide was convicted of fraudulently obtaining $8 million in federal disaster relief funds meant for vulnerable Americans.
Judge Deborah K. Chasanow of a U.S. District Court handed down the sentence on Tuesday.
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