In October, two medical transportation companies were charged with or indicted for fraud in New York.
The owner of Pearl Transit Corp. (“Pearl”), Jael Watts, was accused of running a sham transportation service that supposedly provided rides for persons with disabilities and seniors in Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, and Suffolk counties. In 2024, the company was awarded a contract with the New York State Department of Transportation that was funded by a grant through the Federal Transit Administration. Under the grant, Pearl was required to submit certain documentation for services provided. Investigators found that Pearl submitted three false invoices totaling almost $1.3 million for services that were never rendered. Watts was also alleged to have created fake time records for drivers who did not work for the company. He was indicted on 10 counts of wire fraud.
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