EVERETT — A 35-year-old man was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday for a health care fraud scheme connected with the operations of an Everett diagnostic testing laboratory.

Mohammed Asif, an Indian national, conspired with others to bill Medicare for tests that hadn’t been ordered or performed, according to a U.S. Department of Justice press release. The tests were for COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses.

Asif owned the laboratory, American Labworks LLC, the release said. Records show the company was formed in October 2021 and dissolved in March 2025, according to the release. The company’s Medical Test Site license expired in December 2023.

American Labworks billed Medicare more than $8 million for testing services, the release said, and Medicare paid out more than $1.1 mill

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