Brighton Beach ambulette firm pleads guilty to Medicaid fraud
New York State Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman on Wednesday announced the conviction of Majestic Transportation, Inc., an ambulette company located in Brighton Beach, for illegally subcontracting Medicaid ambulette services to a company that never enrolled in the New York State Medicaid program, a practice prohibited by state law.
Majestic pleaded guilty in Kings County Supreme Court to a felony Grand Larceny charge and agreed to repay the more than $560,000 it had illegally received.
“The theft of taxpayer funds, and especially dollars meant to provide health care to those in need, cannot be tolerated,” Attorney General Schneiderman said. “We will seek out and prosecute those who defraud the system as we seek to protect those in need of care and the New York taxpayers.”