Published Sep 15, 2026 | 6:33 PM ⚊ Updated Sep 15, 2026 | 6:35 PM
Khadeer Khan Mohammed. (Supplied)
Synopsis: US authorities have declared Indian-origin laboratory owner Khadeer Khan Mohammed a fugitive over an alleged $93 million Medicare fraud scheme. Mohammed allegedly used doctors’ identities to submit fraudulent genetic-testing claims through his Texas-based laboratory. Authorities believe he may have fled to Hyderabad.
A federal watchdog in the United States has launched a tip line in search of an Indian citizen, naming him a fugitive in one of the country’s largest healthcare fraud cases.
The Office of Inspector General of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS-OIG) posted a wanted notice on 11 September for Khadeer Khan Mohammed, who is accused of funnelling $93 million in fraudulent insurance claims through a Texas laboratory.
The agency shared multiple posts on various social media platforms about the ongoing search for the 46-year-old.
They further said that his current whereabouts are believed to be in Hyderabad. The agency also shared a tip hotline ( (888) 476-4453) and a link to his case file on its website.
By the time the charges became public, Mohammed is believed to have left the country. HHS-OIG has asked anyone with information on Mohammed’s whereabouts to call its fugitive hotline or submit a tip through its website.
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Screengrab from the website
According to the notice, Mohammed was affiliated with American Premier Labs LLC, a genetic-testing laboratory in Richardson, a suburb of Dallas. Investigators allege that between August 2023 and October 2024, the lab billed Medicare, the US government’s health insurance programme, for genetic tests that were never ordered by a doctor or carried out on a patient.
To do this, prosecutors say, Mohammed used the personal details of physicians who had no relationship with the patients named in the claims, without their knowledge or consent. Medicare paid out close to $65 million before the pattern was flagged. Investigators have since recovered close to $6 million from bank accounts linked to him.
Mohammed’s name first surfaced in June 2025, when the US Department of Justice announced its 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, calling it the largest coordinated healthcare fraud enforcement action in the department’s history.
Prosecutors charged 324 people nationwide, including 96 doctors and other licensed medical professionals, in schemes adding up to more than $14.6 billion.
Mohammed was one of four people alongside Demitrious Gilmore, Gary Martin, and Olatunbosun Osukoya charged in the Northern District of Texas as part of that takedown. The four cases together accounted for over $210 million in alleged fraudulent billing.
His case was investigated by the FBI’s Dallas Field Office and HHS-OIG, and is being prosecuted by the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas.
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(Edited by Sumavarsha, with inputs from Sreshta Ladegaam)
