{
  "id": 16204219,
  "title": "Indian-origin lab owner charged in $66 million COVID-19 test fraud: How the alleged US healthcare scam worked",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/indian-origin-lab-owner-charged-in-66-million-covid-19-test-fraud-how",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-23T15:57:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/world/indianorigin-lab-owner-charged-in-66-million-covid-19-test-fraud-how-the-alleged-us-healthcare-scam-worked-11792770084925.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An Indian-origin laboratory owner in Illinois has been charged with five counts of wire fraud over an alleged scheme involving 3.8 lakh COVID-19 tests that prosecutors say were never conducted.",
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  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}