The operators of a Shirley-based ambulette service defrauded Medicaid by billing the program for more than $35 million in rides they never provided or whose costs were inflated, federal prosecutors alleged.
Saad Aziz, 52, of Shirley, and Zabed Chowdhury, 49, of Lake Ronkonkoma, were indicted Wednesday in federal court in Central Islip on charges including money laundering, paying healthcare kickbacks, conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and healthcare fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.
Prosecutors said Aziz, the owner and operator of Tri-Hamlet Taxi Inc., and Chowdhury, a manager, used proceeds from the scheme to fund their lifestyles and purchase multiple investment properties and homes worth about $6 million.
Aziz and Chowdhury both plan to plead not guilty, according to their attorneys. Kevin Keating, an attorney for Aziz said in a…
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