Bangladesh, July 25 -- A laboratory owner accused of orchestrating one of the largest alleged Medicare genetic testing fraud schemes in recent years has been extradited to the United States after spending more than three years as a fugitive, federal authorities announced. Prosecutors allege that Khalid Ahmed Satary, 54, directed a nationwide operation that billed Medicare approximately $547 million for medically unnecessary cancer genetic tests, exploiting elderly beneficiaries through an extensive network of telemarketing call centers, patient recruiters, telemedicine providers, and laboratory businesses.

Satary, who has not been convicted of the charges against him, appeared in federal court in Virginia following his arrest on July 20 ...