NYS Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG)-assisted investigation leads to arrests in $2.9 million Medicaid transportation fraud case

The owners of two Orange County Medicaid transportation companies were arrested Oct. 30 following an OMIG-assisted investigation into allegations they defrauded the Medicaid program of more than $2.9 million through fraudulent Medicaid transportation claims.

Rohail Raja, 45, and his wife, Sharma Alam, 45, both of New Windsor, were arrested and charged in Orange County District Court with first-degree Grand Larceny in connection with the scheme.

OMIG Investigator Terrance Haynes, working closely with the agency’s Bureau of Business Intelligence, provided analysis and interpretation of Medicaid program data to assist the Orange County District Attorney’s Office and its investigative partners, including the state Comptroller's Office, Orange County Sheriff's Office, Orange County White Collar Crimes Taskforce, and the Hudson Valley Crime Analysis Center. 

Orange County District Attorney’s Office prosecutors allege Raja and Alam conspired between February 2020 and August 2024 to bill the Medicaid program for more than $2 million in Medicaid transportation trips that never occurred, and another $895,000 by claiming they transported patients separately when they had been transported in groups.

The charges and allegations contained in an indictment are merely accusations. The defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. 

Additional information:

• https://www.orangecountygov.com/m/newsflash/home/detail/2554
• https://www.osc.ny.gov/press/releases/2025/10/new-windsor-couple-charged-stealing-over-2-million-new-york-submitting-false-medicaid-provider-claims