{"id":103196,"date":"2026-01-17T10:52:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T10:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/103196\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T10:52:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T10:52:29","slug":"two-plead-guilty-in-68m-brooklyn-medicaid-fraud-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/103196\/","title":{"rendered":"Two plead guilty in $68M Brooklyn Medicaid fraud scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Share this:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"a2a_button_facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/facebook?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fbrooklyneagle.com%2F362032%2Ftwo-plead-guilty-in-68m-brooklyn-medicaid-fraud-scheme%2F&amp;linkname=2%20plead%20guilty%20in%20%2468M%20Brooklyn%20Medicaid%20fraud%20scheme\" title=\"Facebook\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a class=\"a2a_button_twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/twitter?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fbrooklyneagle.com%2F362032%2Ftwo-plead-guilty-in-68m-brooklyn-medicaid-fraud-scheme%2F&amp;linkname=2%20plead%20guilty%20in%20%2468M%20Brooklyn%20Medicaid%20fraud%20scheme\" title=\"Twitter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a class=\"a2a_button_reddit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/reddit?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fbrooklyneagle.com%2F362032%2Ftwo-plead-guilty-in-68m-brooklyn-medicaid-fraud-scheme%2F&amp;linkname=2%20plead%20guilty%20in%20%2468M%20Brooklyn%20Medicaid%20fraud%20scheme\" title=\"Reddit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a class=\"a2a_button_flipboard\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/flipboard?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fbrooklyneagle.com%2F362032%2Ftwo-plead-guilty-in-68m-brooklyn-medicaid-fraud-scheme%2F&amp;linkname=2%20plead%20guilty%20in%20%2468M%20Brooklyn%20Medicaid%20fraud%20scheme\" title=\"Flipboard\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a class=\"a2a_button_email\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/email?linkurl=https%3A%2F%2Fbrooklyneagle.com%2F362032%2Ftwo-plead-guilty-in-68m-brooklyn-medicaid-fraud-scheme%2F&amp;linkname=2%20plead%20guilty%20in%20%2468M%20Brooklyn%20Medicaid%20fraud%20scheme\" title=\"Email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share\" href=\"https:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN \u2014 TWO BROOKLYN MARKETERS pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiring to defraud Medicaid in a $68 million kickback scheme tied to adult day care and home health services that were billed but not provided, according to a U.S. Department of Justice press release.<\/p>\n<p>Manal Wasef and Elaine Antao, both 46, admitted to steering Medicaid recipients to two Brooklyn social adult day care centers and a home health care fiscal intermediary in exchange for illegal cash bribes. Prosecutors said the scheme ran from 2017 through 2024 and involved laundering proceeds through shell entities to fund kickbacks.<\/p>\n<p>The guilty pair agreed to forfeit about $1 million. They each face up to 10 years in prison. Sentencing is scheduled for May. The case is part of a broader investigation involving at least seven guilty pleas to date, authorities said, as federal agencies continue to target large-scale health care fraud in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2730\u2730\u2730<\/p>\n<p> <a style=\"font-size: inherit; background-color: #fefefe;\" href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/whats-news-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wnb-read-more aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/read-more-wnb-shad-1024x341.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSd5hEdpXLwpeWAPMPmcmdn--vHz1InXjphFdhedt_prXKoVFQ\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ultima-reader-response.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"padding-left: 20px;font-size: 24px;float:left;\" class=\"reddit\" href=\"http:\/\/reddit.com\/submit?url=https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/362032\/two-plead-guilty-in-68m-brooklyn-medicaid-fraud-scheme\/\" title=\"Share on Reddit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"padding-left: 20px;font-size: 24px;padding-right:20px;float:left;\" href=\"http:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#447b3731262e21273079766434282125206423312d28303d642d2a6460727c096406362b2b2f283d2a640921202d27252d206422362531206437272c212921622529347f262b203d79072c21272f642b313064302c2d3764372d3021642c303034377e6b6b26362b2b2f283d2a21252328216a272b296b7772767477766b30332b6934282125206923312d28303d692d2a69727c296926362b2b2f283d2a692921202d27252d206922362531206937272c2129216b6a\" title=\"Share by Email\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><br \/>\n\t<br \/>\t<br \/>\n<a class=\"related-articles comment-link\" style=\"clear: both;padding-top:6px;color:#6cc4e8;\" href=\"#comments\" title=\"Leave a Comment\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/346180\/court-street-underwent-a-bike-lane-redesign-now-brooklyn-merchants-are-suing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Court-st-mess-04-Mario-Belluomo-250x250.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"\u201cI don't know how people are going to make deliveries,\u201d said Mario Belluomo. 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