KINGSTON – The owner of an Ulster County medical transportation company has been sentenced to three to nine years in state prison for stealing more than $1.1 million from the Medicaid program, state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and Ulster County District Attorney Emmanuel Nneji announced Friday.
Muhammad W. Khan, 31, owner of MAK Limo, was also ordered to pay full restitution. He pleaded guilty in March to grand larceny in Ulster County Court before Judge Bryan Rounds.
Investigators found Khan fraudulently billed Medicaid for individual rides that were actually group trips and for rides that never occurred, according to the comptroller’s office. The investigation also found that patients were paid kickbacks to use MAK Limo’s services and assist with the scheme.
The crimes occurred from November 2020 through August 2024.
Under the Medicaid program, patients can use approved transportation services to travel to legitimate medical appointments. Providers can bill Medicaid for mileage once for a group ride, and group rides require prior authorization.
Khan was arrested in June 2025 along with his father, Mohammad A. Khan, 69, owner of Atlas Limo. The two companies were enrolled in the Medicaid program and received more than $5.8 million in Medicaid payments from New York state, according to investigators.
Mohammad Khan was charged with second-degree grand larceny and accused of stealing $111,548. His case was separate from the sentence imposed on his son Friday.
“Muhammad Khan falsified bills and bribed patients to deprive the Medicaid program of over a million dollars, taking money that should have rightly been spent on healthcare for New Yorkers,” DiNapoli said.
Nneji said the case was uncovered through a joint investigation involving investigators and attorneys from both offices.
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