{"id":46411,"date":"2015-10-05T17:58:56","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T17:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/owegopennysaver.com\/?p=46411"},"modified":"2015-10-05T17:58:56","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T17:58:56","slug":"binghamton-taxi-company-owners-arrested-for-medicaid-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2015\/10\/05\/binghamton-taxi-company-owners-arrested-for-medicaid-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Binghamton taxi company owners arrested for Medicaid fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/owegopennysaver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-46412\" src=\"http:\/\/owegopennysaver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"Binghamton taxi company owners arrested for Medicaid fraud\" width=\"95\" height=\"95\" \/><\/a>In a press release received Monday, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today the arrests of Kenneth Cohn and Sharon Cohn, who owned and operated a transportation company\u00a0in Broome County, Yellow Medi-Van and Taxi, Inc., for allegedly violating the Workers\u2019 Compensation law and illegally obtaining over $1 million from the Medicaid system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur state\u2019s Workers\u2019 Compensation laws exist for a reason \u2013 to protect employees in the event of an accident,\u201d Attorney General Schneiderman said. \u201cThose who knowingly disregard these regulations and simultaneously defraud Medicaid will be held accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the press release, New York Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott said, \u201cThis husband and wife\u2019s alleged million dollar theft from taxpayers was enabled through a trail of fraud and deceit, uncovered by my investigation,\u00a0that purposefully misled regulators and left their own employees exposed and vulnerable. I want to thank Attorney General Schneiderman and his office for prosecuting this matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yellow Medi-Van and Taxi, Inc. received payments from the Medicaid Program for transporting Medicaid beneficiaries to medical appointments.\u00a0During the period June 2, 2012, to Jan. 30, 2014, the defendants are alleged to have knowingly operated the company in violation of Broome County transportation regulations, including not having worker\u2019s compensation insurance. During the time the company was operated unlawfully, the Cohn\u2019s obtained over $1 million in Medicaid payments.<\/p>\n<p>The felony complaint alleges that, in addition to not having the required insurance, the defendants submitted license applications for the company that falsely claimed the company had the required insurance, including attaching copies of insurance certificates, listing insurance companies that do not provide workers\u2019 compensation insurance.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, by knowingly operating a business with more than five employees without Workers\u2019 Compensation Insurance, Workers\u2019 Compensation Fraud Inspector General, the defendants\u2019 violated New York Workers\u2019 Compensation law, which makes it a felony to fail to have such insurance.<\/p>\n<p>Defendants Kenneth Cohn, 68, and Sharon Cohn, 64, of\u00a0Binghamton, N.Y. and Yellow Medi-Van and Taxi, Inc. are charged with\u00a0Grand Larceny in the First Degree, in violation of Penal Law \u00a7\u00a0155.42, a Class B Felony (1 count); Offering a False Instrument for Filing in the First Degree, in violation of Penal Law \u00a7\u00a0175.35(1), a Class E Felony (2 counts); and Effect of Failure to Secure Compensation, in violation of Workers\u2019 Compensation Law \u00a7\u00a052(1)(a), a Class E Felony (1 count).<\/p>\n<p>Hon. William Pellela, City Court, Binghamton N.Y arraigned the defendants.<\/p>\n<p>The Attorney General thanks the Office of the Inspector General of New York State, the New York State Workers\u2019 Compensation Department, Investigator Craig A. Cihocki, and the Broome County Government Security Division for their assistance in this investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The Charges against defendants are accusations, who are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation by the New York State Attorney General\u2019s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit was conducted by Special Investigator Keith Hall, under the supervision of Regional Chief Investigator William Faulk, Senior Auditor\/Investigator Dejan Budimir, led by\u00a0Regional Chief Auditor Thomas Goodman, and the matter is being presented in court by Ralph D. Tortora, III, Syracuse Regional Director. Catherine Wagner is Chief of Criminal Investigations-Upstate.<\/p>\n<p>Acting Director Amy Held and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Paul J. Mahoney lead the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.\u00a0Executive Deputy Attorney General Kelly Donovan leads the Division of Criminal Justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a press release received Monday, Attorney General Eric T. 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