Bloomberg Law
July 29, 2021, 7:28 PM

Diabetes Test Strip Seller Denied Early Out in Roche Fraud Suit

Mary Anne Pazanowski
Mary Anne Pazanowski
Legal Reporter

Roche Diagnostics Corp. defeated an alleged fraudster’s motion to end its suit against him without trial, as there were questions that must be decided by a jury about his participation in a scheme in which he personally made $8 million, a federal court said.

Christopher Shaya failed to convince the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan that there was no evidence he took part in a conspiracy, which allegedly defrauded Roche of about $84 million in profits and rebates associated with the sale of diabetes test strips.

Roche makes test strips used by people with diabetes to ...