Leader of $68M Adult Day Care Fraud Scheme Pleads Guilty

A New York woman pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud Medicaid and pay health care kickbacks at her two Brooklyn social adult day cares. "The defendant orchestrated a massive scheme to defraud Medicaid, bribing patients to bill a federal health care program for over $68 million," said Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew R. Galeotti of the Justice Departmentĺs Criminal Division. "Americans will not stand for these schemes that target government programs intended to help societyĺs most vulnerable members and steal from the public fisc. As demonstrated by todayĺs announcement, we will continue to aggressively prosecute those who take part in these crimes."

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