Pakistan-born Anosh Ahmed, who has fled the USA after being involved in a $290 million COVID scam, has been arrested in Serbia. As per reports, Ahmed was taken into custody by the Serbian authorities following an Interpol Red Notice. His request for release has been denied, and the US government is working to get him extradited.
Anosh Ahmed used to work at Chicago’s Loretto Hospital during the COVID pandemic. He worked as the Chief Financial Officer at the institution. The hospital was surrounded in controversy for following improper vaccination protocols and giving vaccines to people who were not yet eligible, including members of the Oak Forest Church and staff at the Trump Tower. Anosh had resigned from the hospital in March 2021 after stealing data of about 150,000 patients.
He then used the patient data from the hospital to submit fraudulent claims to the US government. Ahmed and his associates Heather Bergdahl and Sameer Sohail submitted fake invoices, false payment requestsetc and embezzeled around $15 million from the Loretto Hospital.
In 2025, Ahmed and three others named Mohammad Sirajuddin, Mehmood Sami Khan, and Suhaib Ahmed Chaudhry were charged for filing nearly $900 million in fake claims to the US government for fraudulent Covid testing materials and taking a payout of nearly $293 million over false tests and fake papers.
