NY-AG v. Wego Taxi Tours, Inc.

Wego Taxi Tours, Inc., Sadat Khan, Kashif Pervez, Marcus Mathis, Chester Haugabook, and William Medina allegedly stole over $50,000 from Medicaid by paying off Medicaid recipients in order to fraudulently bill for transport rides. Wego Taxi Tours, Inc. allegedly submitted claims and received payment from Medicaid for rides that were not provided as claimed. Khan allegedly obtained approval for Wego to bill Medicaid by falsely representing to Medical Answering Services that he was the driver for various Medicaid recipients’ transportation to and from their medical appointments. Pervez was charged as a co-defendant for allegedly engaging in the same fraudulent criminal scheme of attesting to MAS that he drove recipients from fraudulent addresses. Mathis, Haugabook, and Medina were charged with allegedly paying Medicaid recipients to call MAS at their behest to change their pick up location to a different fraudulent address, causing Wego to fraudulently bill Medicaid in excess of $7,500 for transportation from the new pick up locations for medical appointments when, in fact, these transport rides were never provided, according to NY-AG.

Summary generated from official New York Attorney General press release