Schenectady County man pleads guilty to Medicaid fraud
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- A Schenectady County business owner has pleaded guilty to Medicaid fraud, per the New York State Comptroller's Office. Muhammad Adnan Saeed, 40, owner of Sublime Medical Transportation, allegedly stole over $700,000 from New York's Medicaid program.
Sublime Medical Transportation is a Schenectady County company enrolled in Medicaid as a participant in transporting program beneficiaries. The Comptroller's Office said Saeed inflated Medicaid bills by saying group rides were separate, individual rides to get mileage payments for each person in the group.
Saeed allegedly billed Medicaid fraudulently for over four years. The investigation found that over 2,500 trips were fraudulent and these trips accounted for nearly 85% of the claims submitted by Saeed, according to the Comptroller's Office.
The Comptroller's Office said that Saeed also applied for and unlawfully collected state unemployment insurance benefits while running Sublime and making $88,500 as a driver for his company. Saeed pleaded guilty in Schenectady County Court on Thursday to two counts of second-degree grand larceny.
With this plea, Saeed will serve a prison sentence and pay full restitution. He will be back in court on May 23 for sentencing.
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