Justice Department · Monday, October 5, 2026
Brooklyn day-care owner pleads guilty in a $65 million Medicaid fraud
The File desk · Oct 5, 2026, 10:34 AM UTC
Status
Confirmed guilty plea (Justice Department, Oct. 2, 2026). A plea is not a sentence.
Ahsan Ijaz, 29, of Brooklyn, pleaded guilty Friday, Oct. 2, to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Prosecutors say his two adult day-care centers and a home-care company paid cash to Medicaid patients to sign up, then billed New York’s Medicaid program for services that never happened. Some of those patients were out of the country at the time. He is the 10th person to plead guilty in the scheme. Sentencing is set for March 10, 2027, and he faces up to 10 years.
The Justice Department’s announcement is dated Oct. 2, 2026. Ijaz was an owner of Happy Family Social Adult Day Care Center, Inc., and Family Social Adult Day Care Center Inc., both in Brooklyn, and of Responsible Care Staffing Inc., a home health care fiscal intermediary in Brooklyn.
The release says that over about seven years the businesses paid cash kickbacks and bribes to Medicaid recipients so they would enroll, and billed Medicaid for services that were not provided, including when some recipients were not in the United States.
Ijaz is the 10th defendant to plead guilty in the scheme. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Sentencing is March 10, 2027. The maximum is 10 years in prison. A judge will set any sentence after looking at the federal sentencing rules and other factors the statute lists. A plea is not a sentence. The release does not name a statute section for the charge, so this story does not add one.
What is still unknown or disputed
- The case number. The release does not give one.
- The judge. The release says a federal district judge will set the sentence and does not name that judge.
- Restitution and forfeiture. The release does not state those amounts.
Primary sources
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Source 1
Social adult day care owner pleads guilty to $65M Medicaid fraud
U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs · October 2, 2026
Ijaz is the 10th defendant to plead guilty in connection with the scheme. Ahsan Ijaz, 29, of Brooklyn, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Sentencing is March 10, 2027. Maximum 10 years. The businesses paid cash kickbacks and bribes and billed Medicaid for services that were not provided, including when certain recipients were not in the United States.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/social-adult-day-care-owner-pleads-guilty-65m-medicaid-fraud