A former Billerica man and his non-emergency medical transport company were indicted in an alleged fraud and money laundering scheme that stole more than $770,000 from MassHealth, the Attorney General’s Office announced Wednesday.
Bakali Mukasa, 44, and his former company JBM Health and Educational Services Inc., both face charges of medical false claims, larceny over $1,200, and money laundering.
According to the AG, Mukasa and JBM billed MassHealth for 16,907 rides to methadone clinics that the company never completed between July 2019 and November 2020.
Investigators were able to uncover the fraud because medical records showed that those MassHealth members had received “take home” methadone orders on those dates which would not have required an in-person visit.
JBM also allegedly billed MassHealth for about 100 rides that were for dead people.
The AG said Mukasa moved the money acquired fraudulently through MassHealth to banks, real estate, and investment accounts that were in other people’s names. Mukasa then allegedly wired the money to Uganda, where he now lives.
The AG’s office noted that this alleged scheme is a part of a series of fraud cases involving non-emergency medical transport they’ve uncovered in recent years.
In April 2025, a grand jury indicted a Worcester-based non-emergency medical transportation company and its owner on charges it knowingly billed MassHealth for $3 million of service it never provided.
A few months later, the office reached a $1 million settlement with a Millville-based company, the AG’s office said, “resolving allegations that the company submitted false claims to MassHealth and the Department of Developmental Services for contracted routes that were not actually driven and for failing to have required staff monitors onboard for certain routes.”
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