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Texas Businessman Admits $1.9 Million COVID Test Kit Fraud

ST. LOUIS – A Texas businessman on Thursday admitted fraudulently obtaining $1.9 million from Medicare for COVID-19 test kits. Companies owned by Rashid Naqvi, 52, of the Houston area, obtained $1,974,479 through the scheme, which lasted from roughly March 2023 to at least October of 2023. As part of his guilty plea in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one count of wire fraud, Naqvi admitted fraudulently submitting thousands of claims to Medicare for the kits.

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Action Details

  • Date:November 20, 2025
  • Agency:U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana
  • Enforcement Types:
    • COVID-19,
    • Criminal and Civil Actions