What looked like everyday neighborhood eye-care shops across Brooklyn and Manhattan are now at the center of what prosecutors say was a multimillion-dollar Medicaid hustle.
Maksim Grinberg, 53, was arrested and indicted Tuesday after state investigators said he stole more than $9 million from New York’s Medicaid program by billing for eye surgeries that never happened. Prosecutors allege he ran a network of storefront clinics under the EyePic name and used them to submit bogus claims for procedures that were never performed. Grinberg was arraigned in Kings County Supreme Court and faces multiple felony counts that together could add up to decades behind bars if he is convicted.
My office and @NYSComptroller are announcing the arrest of Maksim Grinberg for stealing over $9 million from Medicaid by operating fraudulent eye care clinics. I’ll always hold bad actors accountable for taking funds meant to support our state’s most vulnerable residents.
— Letitia James (@newyorkstateag) June 24, 2026
Investigation details
According to a press release from the Office of the New York State Attorney General, the OAG’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the Office of the New York State Comptroller concluded that Grinberg used credentials from ophthalmologists who had previously been affiliated with his businesses to submit thousands of false claims between January 1, 2024 and July 31, 2025…