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Newtown Psychologist Admits To $79K Medicaid Fraud
A Newtown psychologist and advanced registered nurse pleaded guilty to defrauding Medicaid by billing the government health insurance program for thousands of dollars.
Jeannie Pasacreta, age 66, of Newtown, pleaded guilty Wednesday, March 29, to one count of health insurance fraud. In addition, she was ordered to pay $79,418.77 in restitution.
An investigation by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney determined that over a two-year period beginning in 2016, Pasacreta, through her firm Mental Health Services, billed Medicaid for hundreds of claims for se…
Lab Operators In Bergen, Morris Defrauded Government Out Of $3.5M For COVID Tests: Feds
Two business partners from Bergen and Morris counties operated a clinical lab that defrauded government health insurance programs out of an estimated $3.5 million for COVID testing, federal authorities charged.
Tariq Din, 55, of Saddle River, and Abid Syed, 45, of East Hanover, paid kickbacks to "marketers" for referrals to their Metpath Laboratories in Parsippany, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said.
Two of the accused marketers, Muhammed Aurangzeb, 45, of Robbinsville, and David Weathers, 59, of the Bronx, received $5 to $30 per referral from Metpath, the U.S. attorney said.
Weathers …
Feds Charge Clifton Doc With Randomly Doling Out Large Doses Of Oxy, Xanax, More
A Clifton orthopedic surgeon was charged by federal authorities with prescribing high doses of addictive opioid painkillers to patients who abused, sold or otherwise didn't need them.
Evangelos Megariotis, 68, prescribed Oxycodone, Xanax, cough syrup with codeine and stimulants “outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose,” U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said.
Megariotis, who owned and operated Clifton Orthopedic Associates, already has been banned by the state from ever again practicing medicine or prescribing drugs in New Jersey.
State au…
NJ Transit Conductors, Wife Arrested In Telemedicine Fraud Scheme
Two NJ Transit conductors were among three people arrested in a fraud scheme in which they recruited employees to get doctors to write various prescriptions, costing the insurance company more than $800,000, authorities said.
David A. Rasmussen, 55, Raymond Giovanne, 33, and Suzanne Rasmussen, 52 -- David's wife -- participated in a scheme to defraud NJ State Blue Cross/Blue Shield, which provides health insurance coverage to state employees, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office announced July 29.
David Rasmussen is the delegate recommended by the union to serve as a member of the NJ T…
Chiropractor From Long Island Charged For Years-Long Fraud Scheme, Feds Say
A Long Island chiropractor has been arrested for allegedly filing numerous fraudulent health insurance claims for her chiropractic services.
Nassau County resident Melissa Panayiota Kanes, age 50, of New Hyde Park, was arrested on Tuesday, March 16, and charged with health care fraud, money laundering, and aggravated identity theft in connection with a scheme to submit more than $800,000 in fraudulent health care claims, said Audrey Strauss, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.
In addition, authorities say Kane also used the identities of three per diem chiropractors when su…
Home Health Aide Stole $1,450 From Victim In Area, Police Say
A home health aide is facing charges after she allegedly stole $1,450 from a local victim, police say.
New York State Police received a complaint of possible fraud involving 34-year-old Shamecca M. Allah, a home health care aide for Community Home Health Care in Poughkeepsie, on Friday, March 15.
Upon further investigation, police determined that Allah, a Poughkeepsie resident, fraudulently charged the victim for services totaling $1,450 while simultaneously submitting hours to Community Home Health Care in an attempt to bill the victim’s health insurance carrier for the same services.…
