ALBANY — Three family members who operate medical transportation companies in Schenectady have been charged with stealing more than $4.7 million from the state Medicaid program by billing for dozens of trips that were never made.
The arrests by State Police this week of Ismat Farhan of Slingerlands, along with his brother Effat Rizwan and Fouzia Rizwan, who are married, marks the latest of more than 60 arrests of individuals over the past 18 months who had defrauded New York’s Medicaid program of at least $50 million, according to the state comptroller’s office.
Farhan and Effat and Fouzia Rizwan all were charged with felony counts of grand larceny. They were arraigned in Schenectady City Court and released with court appearances scheduled for December…