ALBANY, N.Y. (WRGB) — Federal prosecutors say a Brooklyn man is accused of pocketing more than $573,000 in checks from an assisted living facility in Mohawk, N.Y., in Herkimer County.
They say Ezriel Green, 41, managed finances at the home from October 2024 to April 2025.
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Investigators say he took checks from the U.S. Treasury and New York Medicaid and used the money for his own benefit instead of resident care.
Green appeared in federal court on June 2.
If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, and up to five years of supervised release.
He also may have to pay restitution.
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