Bensonhurst
Bensonhurst Mega Medical Care at 2761 Bath Ave (Source: Google Maps)Five people were charged Monday with orchestrating a $38 million Medicaid and Medicare scam at clinics throughout Sheepshead Bay and Gravesend, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. Prosecutors said the scheme, which involved recruiting patients for fraudulent
Business
A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr)Five people were charged Monday with orchestrating a $38 million Medicaid and Medicare scam at clinics throughout Sheepshead Bay and Gravesend, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. Prosecutors said the scheme, which involved
Business
A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr)Prosecutors filed additional charges Wednesday against the Manhattan Beach resident — already accused of running a Medicaid fraud scheme [/manhattan-beach-couple-indicted-preying-homeless-drug-addicted/] out of his Brooklyn flophouses — for illegally evicting and defrauding tenants. Yury Baumblit, who’s homes
Arts & Culture
There have been many dramatic Medicare fraud busts [/?s=medicaid+fraud#.V0MY3ZMrJ8c] in our area over the last few years, but few seem more ripe for television than the saga of Bay Medical [/tag/bay-medical/#.V0MOY5MrJ8c]. This week’s episode of CNBC’s “American Greed” [http://www.cnbcprime.com/american-greed/
Police & Fire
A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr)The Manhattan Beach couple whose three-quarter house business was the subject of a New York Times investigation [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/31/nyregion/three-quarter-housing-a-choice-for-recovering-addicts-or-homelessness.html?_r=0] have been indicted for Medicaid fraud
News
A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr)A Manhattan Beach couple was arrested Wednesday for running an illegal Medicaid kickback scheme that targeted tenants living in the couple’s flophouses, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced [http://www.ag.ny.gov/press-release/ag-schneiderman-announces-arrest-three-quarter-house-operators-yury-and-rimma-baumblit]
albert dayan
A judge’s gavel. (Photo: Joe Gratz [https://www.flickr.com/photos/joegratz/117048243/] / Flickr)The lawyer for a former Community Board 15 member said he is “hopeful” Medicaid fraud-related charges against his client will be dismissed now that a related case has been thrown out for lack of evidence.
1708 cropsey ave
The former location of Cropsey Medical Care PLLC, 1706 Cropsey Ave (Source: Google Maps)Dr. Okon Umana, 68, the “no show” doctor [/no-show-doctor-cropsey-medical-care-pleads-guilty-medicaid-fraud-scheme/#.Vc5TAixViko] at a Bensonhurst medical clinic embroiled in a $13 million health care fraud scheme [/nationwide-multi-million-dollar-medicaid-scheme-unfolds/], was sentenced to 24 months in prison in a federal court
Eric Schneiderman
File photo. Source: JohnnyBarker / FlickrSix home health care workers, including three who worked for agencies headquartered in Sheepshead Bay, Bensonhurst and East Midwood, were arrested yesterday and accused of defrauding the New York State Medicaid Program of tens of thousands of dollars, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced.
Brooklyn District Attorney
UPDATE 2/13/17: This story has been updated to remove a name of an individual against whom all charges have been dismissed as of November 30, 2016. Several Bensonhurst and Brighton Beach healthcare professionals were indicted today following a massive undercover healthcare fraud investigation. The 199-count indictment, which names
1706 Cropsey Avenue
The former location of Cropsey Medical Care PLLC, 1706 Cropsey Ave (Source: Google Maps)A Connecticut doctor pleaded guilty Monday for his role in a massive $13 million Medicaid and Medicare fraud scheme [/nationwide-multi-million-dollar-medicaid-scheme-unfolds/] at Cropsey Medical Care Clinic (1706 Cropsey Avenue) in Bensonhurst. Dr. Okon Umana, 67, the last
29 van sicklen st
The residence of Mikhail Presman (Source: Google Maps)He was facing 10 years, but, ultimately, Gravesend-based psychiatrist Mikhail Presman was sentenced earlier this month to 18 months imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release for Medicare fraud. Presman was busted in a massive Medicare fraud sweep in May 2013
29 van sicklen st
The residence of Mikhail Presman (Source: Google Maps)Dr. Mikhail Presman, busted in a sweeping Medicare fraud scheme earlier this year, is facing millions of dollars in fines and significant jail time. The New York Post is reporting [http://nypost.com/2013/10/31/shrink-faces-10-years-in-jail-in-medicare-fraud/] that Presman pleaded guilty to
1706 cropsey ave
The former location of Cropsey Medical Care PLLC, 1706 Cropsey Ave (Source: Google Maps)Gregory Konoplya pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges in connection to a $13 million Medicare/Medicaid scheme based out of Bensonhurst. According to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release, Konoplya is the fourth defendant to enter
120 oceana drive west
Kristina Zelinsky (Source: Facebook.com)Prosecutors today announced the indictment of Kristina Zelinsky, a 34-year-old resident of Brighton Beach’s Oceana condominium development, for allegedly scamming $25,000 in Medicaid benefits while living a life of luxury. According to the indictment, Zelinsky lied on forms to skim off a measly
2702 stillwell ave
Alert Ambulette, an ambulette service located at 2702 Stillwell Avenue, is in big trouble with state auditors. The company was audited by the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG) and the New York City Human Resources Administration (NYCHRA) and, according to a press release [http://apps.cio.ny.gov/