Two men who own taxi companies Medi Cab Corp., Jay Auto Care, Inc., and Hojo Detail Center, Inc., pleaded guilty to Medicaid fraud on November 26 in Rensselaer County Court. John Gouzos, 48, of Nassau County, and Richard Sehl, 57, of Saratoga County, overcharged Medicaid by over $650,000, per the AG’s Office.
Between December 2021 and March 2023, the Attorney General’s Office said Guozos and Sehl allegedly submitted false claims to Medicaid for transporting patients from addresses that were much farther away than where they really lived.
Gouzos will be sentenced to six months in jail with five years of probation. Sehl will be sentenced to five years of probation.
Three Orange County residents, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, Muhammad Usman Khan, and Farhan Khan, also pleaded guilty to stealing over $3.8 million from Medicaid through their transportation companies Tristate Express NY, Inc., Meditrans NY, Inc., Empire Trans NY, Inc., and A1 Class Car, Inc.
Source: News 10
