"As demonstrated by today's guilty pleas, our Office will hold accountable corrupt individuals who steer patients to health care providers in exchange for illicit kickbacks,"
"The defendants were large-scale recruiters who bribed patients with laundered cash and billed Medicaid over $68 million for services that were not provided,"
Two Brooklyn women, Elaine Antao and Manal Wasef, pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud Medicaid by paying and receiving illegal health care kickbacks. The scheme funneled more than $68 million in taxpayer funds through fake claims tied to two social adult day care centers and a home health care fiscal intermediary. From October 2017 through July 2024, the defendants acted as recruiters, steering Medicaid recipients to facilities in exchange for bribes and paying cash kickbacks to patients to generate fraudulent claims. Services billed were unnecessary or never rendered. Proceeds were laundered through multiple business entities. Each faces up to 10 years in prison.
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