Two men from Georgia were sentenced Monday for orchestrating a massive health care fraud scheme that submitted over $522 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid. Reyad Salahaldeen and Mohamad Mustafa used illegal kickbacks and bribes to obtain genetic tests that were not medically necessary, according to the Department of Justice.
Reyad Salahaldeen, 57, of Buford, was sentenced to 151 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud. Mohamad Mustafa, 28, of Duluth, was sentenced to three years in prison for paying health care kickbacks.
Between 2018 and August 2020, the men controlled labs in Georgia, New Jersey, and Texas to bill for tests designed to predict cancer risks and drug reactions. According to court records, the group targeted patients through telemarketing and…
Cyber fraud uses technology as the primary weapon. It is highly scalable and can be conducted from anywhere in the world.
- Phishing/Smishing/Vishing: Using deceptive emails (phishing), text messages (smishing), or phone calls (vishing) to trick victims into clicking malicious links or revealing sensitive data.
- Business Email Compromise (BEC): A high-value scam where a criminal impersonates a CEO or high-level executive via a “spoofed” email address to trick a staff member into making an urgent, unauthorized wire transfer.