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AG James Secures $6 Million Over False Medicaid Billing Scheme at an Inpatient Drug Treatment Center

Former owner and CEO of drug treatment facility personally liable for $3 million for defrauding the state, and also agrees to a ban from the Medicaid program.

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced an agreement with A.R.E.B.A.-CASRIEL, Inc. d/b/a/ Addiction Care Interventions Chemical Dependency Treatment (ACI) and its majority owner, Steven Yohay, regarding multiple schemes that defrauded the state Medicaid program, as part of a joint state-federal investigation. Filed this past Friday in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, ACI and Yohay admitted that they failed to respond to reports of wrongdoing – which the investigation substantiated – that ACI engaged in multiple illegal schemes, including that its employees bribed people experiencing homelessness into getting inpatient treatment there.

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Action Details

  • Date:December 21, 2020
  • Agency:New York Attorney General
  • Enforcement Types:
    • State Enforcement Agencies