Two Brooklyn Residents Pled Guilty to $68 Million Medicaid Fraud Scheme
Elaine Antao and Manal Wasef plead guilty to conspiring to defraud Medicaid by paying health care kickbacks for services that were not provided at two Brooklyn social adult day cares and a home health care company, according to Joseph Nocella, Jr., US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
Family Social Adult Day Care Inc. is at 1950 Bath Avenue.
Happy Family Social Adult Day Care Center Inc. is at 8895 – 26th Avenue (off Cropsey Avenue).
From 2017 to 2024, Elaine Antao and Manal Wasef worked as recruiters/marketers and in exchange for illegal kickbacks and bribes, they referred Medicaid recipients to these services—even though many services were never provided. Source: https://shorturl.at/JH1xg
The Department of Justice caught this fraud:
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/two-individuals-plead-guilty-68m-adult-day-care-fraud-scheme
From the Dept of Justice website: “Wasef and Antao agreed to collectively forfeit approximately $1 million.“
“Wasef and Antao pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Antao is scheduled to be sentenced on May 20th and Wasef is scheduled to be sentenced on May 27th. They each face a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison.“
Hugs,
marlene
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