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Social Worker Admits She Wrote Bogus Time Sheets for Medicaid Money

Rashmi Gupta pleaded guilty to Medicaid fraud.

A Paramus social worker admitted Monday to submitting fraudulent time sheets to her employer, the Youth Success Network in Passaic, for counseling services for troubled young people, Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa said.

Rashmi Gupta, 39, pleaded guilty to a charge of third-degree Medicaid fraud in Superior Court in Passaic County.

Judge Marilyn Clark scheduled sentencing for June 22. Under the plea agreement, the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor will recommend probation for Gupta. 

Gupta will also be barred from Medicaid for five years.

In her plea, Gupta admitted that she submitted time sheets for counseling services between July 4 and Dec. 22 2012, services she did not provide "to the extent claimed," Chiesa said. The Youth Success Network claimed $10,177.05 from Medicaid to pay Gupta based on her fraudulent time sheets.

“Abuse of the Medicaid program and insurance fraud by persons who hold professional licenses are disturbing crimes,” said Acting Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Ronald Chillemi.  “Not only do such Medicaid fraud schemes involve theft of tax dollars, they also represent a theft from a program designed to assist persons who can not afford health insurance or health care services.”

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