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Criminal Investigation | March 18, 2021

uBiome Co-Founders Charged With Federal Securities, Health Care Fraud Conspiracies

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SAN FRANCISCO – A federal grand jury handed down a 33-page indictment today charging Zachary Schulz Apte and Jessica Sunshine Richman with multiple federal crimes including conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to commit health care fraud, money laundering, and related offenses in connection with alleged schemes to defraud health insurance providers and investors raise to capital for now-bankrupt microbiome testing company uBiome.