{"id":2570343,"date":"2026-02-16T10:08:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feds-nab-two-pakistanis-for-scamming-medicare-sending-laundered-money-back-home\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T10:11:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T15:11:24","slug":"feds-nab-two-pakistanis-for-scamming-medicare-sending-laundered-money-back-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/feds-nab-two-pakistanis-for-scamming-medicare-sending-laundered-money-back-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Feds Nab Two Pakistanis For Scamming Medicare, Sending Laundered Money Back Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffeds-nab-two-pakistanis-for-scamming-medicare-sending-laundered-money-back-home%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2570343&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A federal court in Chicago indicted two Pakistani nationals for participating in a $10 million Medicare fraud scheme. Burzhan Mirza and Kashif Iqbal allegedly used nominee-owned laboratories and durable medical equipment providers to submit fraudulent Medicare and insurance claims for items and services that were not provided. Mirza, 31, based in Pakistan, allegedly obtained the identifying information of individuals, providers, and insurers without their knowledge to support claims through nominee-owned companies. Iqbal, 48, who lived in Lavon, texas, was linked to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-pakistani-nationals-indicted-in-10-million-medicare-fraud-scheme\/\" title=\"Two Pakistani nationals indicted in ...\">multiple durable medical equipment providers<\/a> that submitted fraudulent claims, and he allegedly laundered money and coordinated transfers back to Pakistan. the indictment charges Mirza with five counts of money laundering and 12 counts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">health care fraud<\/a>, while Iqbal faces one count of making a false statement to U.S.law enforcement, six counts of money laundering, and 12 counts of health care fraud. DOJ officials described fraud elimination as a high priority and emphasized protecting taxpayers from such schemes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A federal court in Chicago indicted two Pakistani nationals for their alleged participation in a $10 million Medicare scam on Thursday, a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release stated.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/opa\/pr\/two-foreign-nationals-indicted-chicago-part-10m-health-care-fraud-scheme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">press release<\/a>, Burzhan Mirza and Kashif Iqbal used &ldquo;nominee-owned laboratories&rdquo; and &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >durable medical equipment providers&#038;rdquo<\/a>; to make fraudulent Medicare and insurance claims &ldquo;for items and services that were not provided.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mirza, 31, lived in Pakistan and allegedly &ldquo;obtained the identifying information of individuals, providers, and insurers without their knowledge,&rdquo; using the information to support claims being submitted through &ldquo;nominee-owned companies.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Iqbal, 48, lived in Lavon, Texas, and was allegedly &ldquo;associated with a number of durable medical equipment providers that submitted fraudulent claims to insurers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>According to the indictment, Iqbal laundered money from the scam and &ldquo;coordinated the transfer of money&rdquo; back to Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); 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Blanche stated.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will not tolerate these schemes that divert taxpayer dollars to criminals.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Boutros, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, said the men &ldquo;stole from taxpayers who fund the promise of healthcare in this country, according to the press release.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The newly established Healthcare Fraud Section in the Chicago U.S. Attorney&rsquo;s office will continue to work with our law enforcement partners to stop bad actors from draining public and private programs&mdash;especially those in the healthcare fraud space that would make it harder for legitimate patients to receive care,&rdquo; Boutros continued.<\/p>\n<p>Per the press release, the indictment charges Mirza with five counts of money laundering and 12 counts of health care fraud, and Iqbal with one count of making a false statement to U.S. law enforcement, six counts of money laundering and 12 counts of health care fraud.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. 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Burzhan Mirza, 31, who reportedly lived in Pakistan, allegedly obtained people\u2019s and providers\u2019 identifying information without their knowledge and used it to file false Medicare and insurance claims through \u201cnominee-owned laboratories\u201d and durable medical equipment providers for services not actually provided. Kashif Iqbal, 48, of Lavon, Texas, allegedly worked with several durable medical equipment suppliers that submitted fraudulent claims and laundered proceeds, coordinating transfers of money back to Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>The indictment, as described in a DOJ press release, charges Mirza with five counts of money laundering and 12 counts of health care fraud, and charges Iqbal with one count of making a false statement to U.S. law enforcement, six counts of money laundering, and 12 counts of health care fraud. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche emphasized that fraud elimination is a DOJ priority and that schemes diverting taxpayer dollars from healthcare benefits will not be tolerated, while U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros said the Healthcare Fraud Section will continue to work with law enforcement to stop bad actors in the healthcare fraud space<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2570344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Michael-Featured-Image-697.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[73886,70802,33963],"class_list":["post-2570343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-federal-crackdown","tag-medicare-fraud","tag-money-laundering"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Michael-Featured-Image-697.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2570343"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2570347,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2570343\/revisions\/2570347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2570344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2570343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2570343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2570343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}