KINGSTON – The owner of an Ulster County medical transportation company has been sentenced to three to nine years in state prison for stealing more than $1.1 million from the Medicaid program, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and Ulster County District Attorney Emmanuel Nneji announced Friday.
Muhammad W. Khan, 31, owner of MAK Limo, was also ordered to pay full restitution. He pleaded guilty in March to grand larceny in Ulster County Court before Judge Bryan Rounds.
Investigators found Khan fraudulently billed Medicaid for individual rides that were actually group trips and for rides that never occurred, according to the comptroller’s office. The investigation also found that patients were paid kickbacks to use MAK Limo’s services and assist with the scheme.
The crimes occurred from November 2020 through August 2024.
Under the Medicaid program, patients can use approved…
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