The U.S. Attorney says fake COVID-19 tests from fake clinics netted local pair millions of dollars.
Two people from North Texas have been charged with running a COVID-19 testing scam netting millions of dollars.A pair of North Texas residents pleaded not guilty on Dec. 16 to charges they defrauded insurers of more than $7 million via fake COVID-19 tests. A statement released by the U.S.
“Mr. Barnard allegedly used his position as a contract lab technician at various medical clinics to surreptitiously obtain patient names, addresses, dates of birth and insurance subscriber information,” the statement reads. “He and Ms. Clampitt then allegedly represented to the patients’ insurers that they had COVID-19 testing performed at sophisticated diagnostic laboratories, when no such testing was performed and no such labs existed.
The indictment alleges that Barnard and Clampitt submitted the fraudulent claims between March 2021 and April 2022 through a number of fictitious labs purported to be test providers throughout Texas, including several in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The money Barnard and Clampitt received for the false claims, it is alleged, was deposited into bank accounts set up for each of the nonexistent clinics. From there, the money made its way into the personal accounts of the defendants, who used it to “purchase real estate and luxury vehicles,” according to the statement.Barnard’s attorney, Brandon McCarthy, has had a chance to review some of the evidence and says this sort of trial tends to take a long time.
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