Lab owner who operated in Baldwin County indicted in $20 million Medicare billing scheme

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Lab owner who operated in Baldwin County indicted in $20 million Medicare billing scheme
IndictmentCOVID-19 Test KitsJames Potter
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The owner of Gulf Coast Molecular Laboratories that once operated in Spanish Fort is now facing a federal charge of conspiracy to violate the anti-kickback stat

ute. According the indictment unsealed this week, between February and May last year, James Potter used his lab t. The indictment states Potter bought Medicare beneficiaries personal information, ID numbers, and audio recordings "supposedly" of them requesting COVID-19 test kits. The indictment states Potter purchased the information from a Georgia man, who has already pleaded guilty in the conspiracy.

We called the number for the Spanish Fort lab and a woman who answered said Gulf Coast Molecular Laboratories merged with another lab that now operates in Birmingham, not Spanish Fort. The woman said Potter was not available to speak and we left a message for him to call back. As of this publication, we have not received a comment from Potter. Court records do not state who his attorney is. He's set to appear in federal court July 18th.

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