Justice Dept.: Woman Sentenced for Fraud Scheme Involving Claims for Unnecessary Respiratory Tests Submitted With COVID-19 Tests
January 29, 2025
January 29, 2025
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Jan. 28, 2025:
A California woman was sentenced today to nine years in prison for her role in fraudulently submitting claims to governmental and private insurance programs during the COVID 19 pandemic for expensive respiratory pathogen panel (RPP) tests that were medically unnecessary and never ordered by health care providers.
According to court documents, Lourdes Navarro, 66, of . . .
A California woman was sentenced today to nine years in prison for her role in fraudulently submitting claims to governmental and private insurance programs during the COVID 19 pandemic for expensive respiratory pathogen panel (RPP) tests that were medically unnecessary and never ordered by health care providers.
According to court documents, Lourdes Navarro, 66, of . . .