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07/26/2023
Former East Hartford Man Charged in Scheme to Defraud Medicaid
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Rocky Hill, CT) – A New Jersey man, formerly of East Hartford, has been arrested and charged with submitting false claims to the Connecticut Medicaid Health Insurance Program.
Glenroy Patterson, age 46, of Jersey City, N.J., was arrested today 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 and one count of Larceny in the First Degree by Defrauding a Public Community.
According to the arrest warrant affidavit, between March 2020 and December 2021, Patterson, a licensed Board Certified Behavior Analyst and owner of Trading Spaces ABA LLC, an autism specialty group, billed for services not rendered. Evidence acquired through an investigation showed that Trading Spaces, LLC was not meeting with clients as reported, however Patterson submitted claims to the Department of Social Services for payment.
The money profited by him in the amount of $102,084.17 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 Patterson contained false, incomplete, deceptive or misleading information which constitutes Health Insurance Fraud.
Patterson was released on a $100,000.00 non-surety bond, and is scheduled to appear in Hartford Superior Court, G.A. No. 14, on August 8, 2023. The charges are merely accusations and he is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Health Insurance Fraud and Larceny in the First Degree by Defrauding a Public Community are each classified as a Class B Felony and punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
The case will be prosecuted by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. The Unit is grateful for the assistance it received in the investigation from the State Department of Social Services Office of Quality Assurance, Office of the Attorney General and the Norwalk 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 $2,499,564.00 for the fiscal year of October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023. The remaining 25 percent, totaling $833,186.00 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.