NEW ORLEANS - On August 21, 2026, United States District Judge Darrel James Papillion entered a Final Order of Forfeiture in United States v. Jamie P. McNamara (“MCNAMARA”), Criminal Docket No. 22-151, requiring the forfeiture of over $7 million dollars in criminally derived funds, and 3 luxury vehicles, announced U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle. MCNAMARA plead guilty on May 29, 2026, to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1349 and 1347, and was sentenced to ten years in prison on October 23, 2025. According to court documents, MCNAMARA operated several laboratories in Louisiana and Texas, which obtained fraudulent doctors’ orders for genetic testing from telemarketers and call centers that used aggressive telemarketing campaigns to induce Medicare beneficiaries to agree to receive genetic testing. Orders for genetic testing were signed by purported telemedicine doctors who were not the beneficiaries’ treating physicians, did not perform consultations with the beneficiaries, and did not follow up with the beneficiaries after the testing was performed. To obtain the orders, MCNAMARA paid illegal kickbacks and bribes, which he disguised through sham contracts. In furtherance of the scheme, he also shifted the billing between his laboratories to evade scrutiny from Medicare and law enforcement and concealed his ownership and control of the laboratories by falsely listing the names of his family members as owners and company representatives on Medicare and other documents. In approximately one and a half years, the laboratories operated by MCNAMARA submitted over $174 million in claims to Medicare for genetic testing and received over $55 million in reimbursements. Before MCNAMARA was indicted, law enforcement officers seized several of his assets that had been purchased with the proceeds of his scheme. In its recent order, the Court ordered the forfeiture of the contents of an investment account and a bank account held in the name of a company controlled by MCNAMARA, along with three vehicles purchased with proceeds of the offense, namely, a Land Rover Range Rover, a BMW, and a Ford F-150. In total, the forfeited accounts contained a value totaling approximately $7,051,089.08.
Asset forfeiture is a law enforcement tool that allows the United States to take property derived from, or used to commit, federal crimes. It is designed to strip criminals of the proceeds of their offenses, remove the instruments used to carry them out, and- where victims can be identified- return recovered funds to the people who were harmed. U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle praised the work of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Inspector General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandra Giavotella, Asset Forfeiture Coordinator, handled the forfeiture component. Assistant Chief Justin M. Woodard and Trial Attorney Kelly Z. Walters of the Criminal Division’s Fraud Division and Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Moses for the Eastern District of Louisiana prosecuted the case. On April 7, the Department of Justice announced the creation of the National Fraud Enforcement Division (“Fraud Division”). The Fraud Division is laser-focused on investigating and prosecuting those who commit fraud against the American people. The Department’s work to combat fraud supports President Trump’s Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, a whole-of-government effort chaired by Vice President J.D. Vance to eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse within Federal benefit programs.