(Rocky Hill, CT) - A Milford man and owner of a North Haven acupuncture office, has been arrested and charged with submitting false claims to the Connecticut Medicaid Health Insurance Program.
Julian Cano, age 43, of Milford, was arrested on June 30, 2025, by Inspectors from the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney, and charged with one count of Health Insurance Fraud, in violation of Connecticut General Statues § 53-442, and one count of Larceny in the First Degree by Defrauding a Public Community, in violation of Connecticut General Statutes § 53a-122(a)(3).
According to the arrest warrant affidavit, between January 2022 and November 2024, Cano, an acupuncturist, was the owner of Julian Cano, LLC. Cano was enrolled as a provider for the Connecticut Medicaid Program. During this time, he billed for services not provided, as well as submitted billing codes for more expensive services than the ones patients actually received. After speaking to 27 of Cano’s identified 134 Medicaid patients, the Inspectors identified fraudulent billings in the amount of $123,087.10, for 24 of the patients interviewed.
The money profited by Cano, in the amount of $123,087.10, constitutes the crime of Larceny in the First Degree by Defrauding a Public Community. The submission of claims to the Department of Social Services provided by Cano contained false, incomplete, deceptive and/or misleading information which constitutes Health Insurance Fraud.
Cano was released on $150,000 non-surety bond and is scheduled to appear in Meriden Superior Court, G.A. No. 7, on July 11, 2025. The charges are merely allegations and he is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. Larceny in the First Degree by Defrauding a Public Community and Health Insurance Fraud are each classified as a Class B felony and punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
The case was investigated by and will be prosecuted by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. The Unit is grateful for the assistance it received in the investigation from the Connecticut Department of Social Services – Office of Quality Assurance, the state Attorney General’s Office, the Department of Health and Human Services – Office of the Inspector General, and the Meriden Police Department.
The Connecticut Medicaid Fraud Control Unit receives 75 percent of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award totaling $2,362,872.00 for the fiscal year of October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025. The remaining 25 percent, totaling $787,620.00 for the same fiscal year, is funded by the State of Connecticut.
Anyone with knowledge of suspected fraud or abuse in the public healthcare system is asked to contact the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit at the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney at (860) 258-5986.