USA v. Schena

  1. October 19, 2023

    Biotech Co. Exec Gets 8 Years Over Blood Test Fraud

    The former president of biomedical company Arrayit Corp. has been sentenced to eight years in prison for lying to investors about the efficacy and business prospects of the company's technology, which purported to test for allergies, COVID-19 and other diseases using a single drop of blood and for filing $77 million in fraudulent claims for the tests, federal officials stated.

  2. October 10, 2023

    Arrayit Exec Rips 15-Year Bid For COVID Fraud, Seeks 4 Years

    The former president of medical technology company Arrayit urged a California federal court this week to sentence him to just four years in prison for his convictions related to deceiving insurers, patients and investors out of millions of dollars with worthless COVID-19 tests, contending that there's "no justification" for the prosecutors' request for 15 years.

  3. May 01, 2023

    Arrayit Exec Denied New Trial In COVID Test Fraud Case

    A California federal judge has denied a motion for acquittal or a new trial for the former president of health care firm Arrayit, saying there was sufficient evidence for a rational jury to return a guilty verdict.

  4. September 02, 2022

    Jury Convicts Arrayit Exec Of Fraud For COVID Test Lies

    A California federal jury has found the president of health care company Arrayit guilty of fraud and conspiracy for duping insurers, patients and investors out of millions of dollars with bogus COVID-19 tests and allergy finger-stick blood tests while orchestrating a yearslong Medicare scam, prosecutors said Friday.

  5. August 30, 2022

    Feds Rip Exec's 'Culture Of Lies' As COVID Fraud Trial Wraps

    Prosecutors urged a California federal jury during closings Tuesday to find Arrayit's president guilty of fraud and conspiracy for his "culture of lies," which allegedly involved duping insurers, patients and investors with inaccurate allergy and COVID-19 tests, while defense counsel argued that the charges are built upon incomplete evidence and non-credible witness testimony.

  6. August 09, 2022

    Feds Want Exec's Advice-Of-Counsel Fraud Defense Barred

    Prosecutors asked a California federal judge presiding over a criminal fraud trial against Arrayit Corp.'s president Monday to order him to either disclaim his advice-of-counsel defense or immediately produce documents related to it, arguing that the executive waited two years until trial openings to disclose the purported defense.

  7. August 08, 2022

    Exec Defrauded Medicare With COVID Test Lies, Jury Told

    Prosecutors told a California federal jury during trial openings Monday that Arrayit Corp.'s president defrauded the Medicare program, patients and investors out of millions with lies about its COVID-19 tests, while defense counsel argued that the defendant dedicated his life to science and never thought he was defrauding anybody.