{"id":2675779,"date":"2026-10-04T17:47:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T21:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-man-pleads-guilty-in-500000000-covid-test-fraud-scheme\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T17:51:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T21:51:23","slug":"florida-man-pleads-guilty-in-500000000-covid-test-fraud-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-man-pleads-guilty-in-500000000-covid-test-fraud-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Man Pleads Guilty in $500,000,000 COVID Test Fraud Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fflorida-man-pleads-guilty-in-500000000-covid-test-fraud-scheme%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=2675779&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 man from Florida, Hasan \u201cLucas\u201d Seyhun, pleaded guilty to conspiracy in a COVID-19 healthcare fraud scheme. He was involved in submitting over $500 million in fraudulent insurance claims to government programs by falsely billing for tests that were not conducted or not properly documented during teh pandemic. Seyhun, who was the COO of Fast Lab Technologies, used customer insurance information to submit fake claims for services like PCR tests and saliva sample collection, which were never actually performed. Authorities highlighted that Seyhun and his associates were so confident in their scheme that they submitted payment requests before test kits were even delivered. The case is part of broader efforts by U.S. officials to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nurse-practitioner-sentenced-for-192-million-medicare-fraud-scheme-that-funded-extravagant-lifestyle\/\" title=\"Nurse Practitioner gets jail time for ...92M Medicare fraud, lived lavishly\">combat healthcare fraud<\/a> related to COVID-19, with the government reportedly uncovering over $1.2 billion in suspected fraud across various COVID-related contracts.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?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\" ?><html><body><\/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 Florida man pleaded guilty for his role in a COVID-era healthcare fraud scheme, the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan announced Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Hasan \u201cLucas\u201d Seyhun, 45, of Miami, Florida, admitted guilt Wednesday to conspiracy to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-eighteen-ex-nba-players-charged-in-3-9-million-benefits-scheme\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Eighteen Ex-NBA Players Charged In .9 Million Benefits ...\">commit healthcare fraud<\/a> for his part in documenting more than $500 million in fake claims to government-backed health programs, <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-edmi\/pr\/chief-operating-officer-pleads-guilty-role-500m-covid-19-test-billing-fraud\">according<\/a> to the Department of Justice\u2019s (DOJ) news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Seyhun previously served as the chief operating officer of New York-based Fast Lab Technologies (Fast Lab), which provided \u201cno cost\u201d COVID-19 tests during the pandemic that customers could purchase online via the company\u2019s website, the DOJ said, citing court documents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Fast Lab subsequently used customers\u2019 insurance information to falsely bill for services that were not actually provided, including false claims that antigen tests had been observed by medical professionals, that saliva samples had been collected by medical personnel and that PCR testing had been conducted on those samples, according to the department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cAt a time when Americans were scared for their families and their futures, Hasan Seyhun saw an opportunity to turn a national crisis into his own personal payday,\u201d Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald of the National Fraud Enforcement Division said in a statement in the DOJ\u2019s news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cInstead of providing the American people with the assistance they needed during a critical time, Seyhun and his colleagues exploited their trust, and lined their pockets from fraudulent insurance claims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cThe Fraud Division will not let up in its relentless pursuit of COVID era fraudsters,\u201dMcDonald continued.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">U.S. Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon Jr. said in a statement in the release that Seyhun and his co-conspirators \u201cwere so confident in their scheme that they routinely submitted claims for payment before test kits were even delivered to the customer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Thursday\u2019s announcement comes amid the Trump administration\u2019s ongoing push to combat healthcare fraud across the U.S. The administration <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gsa.gov\/about-gsa\/newsroom\/news-releases\/gsa-hhs-uncover-12-billion-in-suspected-covidrelated-contract-fraud-09242026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> Thursday that it has uncovered more than $1.2 billion in suspected fraud across five COVID-related contracts.<\/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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