Two New York medical transportation companies billed Medicaid for rides to appointments that never happened and claimed separate trips when multiple patients actually traveled together. The fraudulent billing generated $3,434,730 in payments the businesses were not entitled to receive.
Rohail Raja, 45, of New Windsor, was sentenced to six to 18 years in state prison on October 27, 2026, following his guilty plea to first-degree grand larceny. The New York State Comptroller’s Office announced the sentence alongside Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler.
Raja’s wife, Sharma Alam, 45, received six months of incarceration and five years of probation for fourth-degree conspiracy. Both had pleaded guilty in May, along with the two companies they operated…