Date: August 19, 2026
In July, a federal court ordered Georgia-based Oxy-Gen Laboratory and its owner to pay $315 million for a fraudulent scheme in which patients were induced to take medically unnecessary genetic tests. TELG principal Janel Quinn represented former Oxy-Gen employee and whistleblower Joni Donnell, who informed the U.S. government of the alleged fraud against Medicare and Medicaid. WSB-TV reported on the case.
Quoteworthy:
“The Medicare and Medicaid program were defrauded to the tune of tens of millions of dollars here."
Janel Quinn
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Genetic testing lab faces $315M federal penalty for alleged Medicare, Medicaid fraud
A federal judge has ordered a former Gwinnett County laboratory and its owner to pay more than $315 million in restitution and civil penalties in a civil fraud case involving genetic testing billed to Medicare and Medicaid.
According to a default judgment issued in federal court, Oxy-Gen and its owner, Jean-Francoise Toure, must pay approximately $44 million in restitution to the government and another $270 million in civil penalties.
The judgment stems from allegations that the Norcross laboratory billed government healthcare programs for thousands of expensive genetic tests that patients did not need.
“The Medicare and Medicaid program were defrauded to the tune of tens of millions of dollars here,” said Janel Quinn, an attorney with The Employment Law Group who represents the whistleblower in the case along with Atlanta-based law firm Moore Hall.
The lawsuit centered on genetic testing performed at the Gwinnett County laboratory. The complaint alleged Oxy-Gen was “performing tests based on referrals by doctors who have never seen or treated the patient.”
