The owner of a Pennsylvania home health care agency has pleaded guilty to charges related to more than $1 million in fraudulent Medicaid claims, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Ester N. Mbaya, age 43, of Harrisburg, Pa., was president of Cool Waters LLC and allegedly submitted fraudulent Medicaid claims seeking compensation for services that were not provided or inflated claims from January 2018 to June 2020.
Mbaya also submitted falsified records to four financial institutions to obtain loans and lines of credit, according to a DOJ release. The falsified records included altered bank statements which made it appear she had more money on deposit than she did. She also submitted falsified pay checks to obtain loans.
The maximum penalty under federal law for these offenses is 40 years of imprisonment, a term of supervised release following imprisonment, and a fine.