Bus-ted! Attorney General unveils major Medicaid fraud investigation targeting transportation companies

State Attorney General Letitia James said Wednesday that her office uncovered at least 55 transportation companies across the state have been billing Medicaid for non-existent rides, resulting in an estimated loss of tens of millions of dollars each year to New York taxpayers.

The investigation, which has spanned several months, identified that many companies inflated the mileage of their trips or even billed for rides that never happened.