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🌱 How a Hillside lab landed in a $66 million fraud case

Hillside, Illinois Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • How a Hillside lab landed in a $66 million fraud case

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Today's riddle: If there are 2 flys in the kitchen, how can you tell which one is the cowboy? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: High thin cloudiness, with a high of 70 and low of 51 degrees.
  • Sunday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 73, low: 52.
  • Monday: Variable cloudiness, with a high of 65 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Rajesh Patel Charged In $66.2M COVID-19 Testing Fraud (gg2.net) — A federal indictment alleges that a clinical lab based in Hillside generated hundreds of thousands of fake negative COVID-19 PCR results and billed a federal program for uninsured patients for tens of millions of dollars. Prosecutors say co-owner Rajesh Patel personally obtained about $28 million, though he remains presumed innocent, and the case is part of a broader national crackdown on pandemic-related healthcare fraud.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "If there are 2 flys in the kitchen, how can you tell which one is the cowboy?" — It's the one on the range. (Thank you Helen H. for sending it in!)
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