Company Reaches $22.5 Million Settlement With LA City for Allegedly Forging COVID Test Results

Company Reaches $22.5 Million Settlement With LA City for Allegedly Forging COVID Test Results
A registered nurse stirs a nasal swab in testing solution after administering a COVID-19 test at Sameday Testing on July 14, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama/Getty Images
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Los Angeles reached a $22.5 million settlement with Sameday Health—a COVID-19 testing company the city alleged forged hundreds of coronavirus test results and conducted insurance fraud, Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer announced on April 21.

The complaint filed by Feuer and District Attorney George Gascón accused Sameday and its CEO Felix Huettenbach of promising to deliver test results to consumers within 24 hours when it didn’t have the capacity to do so.