[FL] Attorney General Moody announces arrest of two Seminole County residents for Medicaid fraud
[FL] Attorney General Moody announces arrest of two Seminole County residents for Medicaid fraud
Office of Attorney General Ashley Moody [Florida]; by Kylie Mason; 4/23/24
Attorney General Ashley Moody’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, ... announced the arrest of Debora Behnke and Suman Bhattacharjee ... [They] ran Pioneer Medical Transportation LLC and submitted fraudulent claims for nonemergency medical transportation for Medicaid recipients, stealing more than $250,000 from the Medicaid program. "Instead of transporting vulnerable Medicaid recipients, these individuals falsely billed the taxpayer-funded program for services never completed. In some instances, they even convinced patients to move across the state—with no regard for the best interest of the patients—and still charged Medicaid for transporting them from the original, longer distance. ..."