Originally from India, Karan Gupta, Senior Director of Data Analytics at Optum Inc. in Minnesota, USA, was convicted of stealing more than $1 million from the company. He was found guilty after a six-day trial on multiple counts, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said.
They include fraud and money laundering conspiracy for hiring an unqualified friend for a position where the friend did not work and paying half of his undeserved salary in kickbacks to Gupta, whose fraud totaled more than $1.2 million.
Who is Karan Gupta?
Karan Gupta, 47, was a senior executive at Optum, a subsidiary of United Health Group, the United States Attorney’s Office said in a Feb. 18 statement.
The statement claimed that according to court documents and evidence presented in court, Gupta was the senior director of data analytics at Optum, Inc., a Minnesota-based subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group.
At Optum, Gupta earned an annual salary of more than $260,000 at the peak of his career, the statement added.
What is Karan Gupta convicted of?
United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced today that Karan Gupta, 47, was found guilty yesterday of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, ten counts of wire fraud and one count of money laundering following a six-day trial in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis before U.S. District Judge Kate M. Menendez.