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- Status
- Wanted
- Agency
- FBI
- Notice
- FBI Wanted
- Issued
- 2014
- Nationality
- Syrian
- Checked
Yousef Kurdy
Yousef Kurdy, a Syrian national, is wanted by the FBI, which published this notice in 2014. He is wanted in connection with charges that include fraud, robbery or theft, escape from custody and tax offences.
He is described as 1.73 m tall, weighing about 77 kg, with brown eyes and black hair. Born on 8 March 1948 in Allepo, Syria, he would now be 78.
- Fraud or forgery
- Robbery, theft or burglary
- Escape or breach of sentence
- Tax offences
Charges, as published
- Health Care Fraud
- Aggravated Identity Theft
- Receipt of Kickbacks for Patient Referrals
- Income Tax Evasion
- Aiding and Abetting
- and Criminal Forfeiture
Case details, as published by FBI
Yousef Kurdy is wanted for allegedly submitting claims for more than 35,000 office visits with Medicare and Medi-Cal patients, submitting hundreds of fraudulent claims when office visits never took place, billing for treating patients during times when he was not present, and failing to pay federal taxes for three years. On January 26, 2012, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Kurdy by the United States District Court, Southern District of California, after he was charged with health care fraud; aggravated identity theft; receipt of kickbacks for patient referrals; income tax evasion; aiding and abetting; and criminal forfeiture. Kurdy was scheduled to self-surrender on January 30, 2012, but he failed to appear on that date.
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