India, Sept. 14 -- Authorities in the United States have placed an Indian-origin man on a federal fugitive list after he was accused of defrauding the Medicare programme of $93 million by submitting false claims for genetic tests.

The US department of health and human services said Khadeer Khan Mohammed allegedly submitted, or directed others to submit, claims that were ineligible for reimbursement, were not requested by authorised medical providers, or were not provided as represented.

The department added that the 46-year-old allegedly used physicians' personal identifying information without their knowledge or consent to submit claims for genetic tests for beneficiaries with whom the doctors had no treatment relationship. The tests w...