NJ Medical Lab Head, Six Others Admit Bribe Scheme

The president of a northern New Jersey medical lab and some of his former employees and associates have pleaded guilty to charges they bribed doctors to send patients' blood samples to their company.

Federal prosecutors announced the pleas involving the Parsippany-based Biodiagnostic Laboratory Services on Monday.

The seven defendants pleaded guilty to a complaint charging them with money laundering and conspiracy to violate the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Federal Travel Act. They were accused of paying doctors to refer blood samples and perform unnecessary tests to collect money from insurers and Medicare

Prosecutors the men admitted to making $100 million in the scheme.

Two other former employers pleaded guilty to similar charges last month.

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