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Criminal Investigation | May 27, 2022

Former CEO of defunct medical testing laboratory sentenced to prison for medical kickback scheme

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The former Chief Executive Officer of Northwest Physicians Laboratory (NWPL) was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to two years in prison and $7.6 million in restitution for conspiracy to solicit kickbacks, announced U.S. Attorney Nick Brown.  Jae Lee, 51, of Bellevue, Washington, served as the CEO of Northwest Physicians Laboratory (NWPL).  Between 2013 and 2015, Lee conspired with others to get kickbacks from medical testing labs in exchange for government testing business referred to the labs.   In pronouncing sentence, U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour noted, the scheme was large and clearly illegal.