{
  "id": 9754568,
  "title": "US ‘free’ Covid tests allegedly used to bill insurers over $500 million",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/25/us-free-covid-tests-allegedly-used-to-bill-insurers-over-500-million",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-25T10:20:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/americans-ordered-what-were-advertised-as-no-cost-covid-tests-online-prosecutors-say-their-insurance-information-was-then-used-to-bill-more-than-500-million-for-services-that-were-never-provided/articleshow/134480199.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Fast Lab executive pleaded guilty in a COVID-19 testing fraud case involving over $500 million in allegedly false claims. Prosecutors said the company used customers’ insurance information to bill government-backed healthcare programmes for COVID-19 testing services that were never provided. Seyhun admitted helping submit fraudulent claims and agreed to forfeit $4.31 million.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}