| Medicaid
Fraud Case Had Videos of No-Show Patient
Homes Now Zak Gets Time Served
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Feb 4 – In a multi-defendant
Medicaid fraud case, Inna
Gekelman is the last
defendant.
On July 26, U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge
John P. Cronan held a
proceeding. Inner City Press
covered it.
Judge Cronan inquired into the
status of discovery.
The Assistant US
Attorney said there is
pole-cam video of the medical
facility, and also footage of
at least two of the no-show
patients' homes.
On September 23,
2022 amid many guilty pleas in
the case, Marianna Levin asked
to adjourn her sentencing from
October 27 into 2023.
And went it
happened on February 1, 2023,
Marianna Levin cried and spoke
of Ukraine; Inner City Press
was there. Then: "MARIANNA
LEVIN was sentenced to 54
months in prison for her
leadership role in a broad
fraud scheme that defrauded
Medicaid for home health and
personal care services that
were not actually rendered,
resulting in the loss of more
than $100 million.
United States District Judge
John P. Cronan imposed the
sentence. LEVIN pled
guilty to wire fraud on June
1, 2022."
Jump cut a year
forward and on co-defendant
Jenya Kremen, the US wrote in
to ask for at least one year
imprisonment.
On April 19, 2024
Kremen was sentenced to eight
months in prison, and $72,000
forfeiture.
On January 22,
2025 counsel to co-defendant
Zak wrote in asking for time
served when she is sentenced
on February 4.
Inner City Press
attended on February 4. After
a discussion of cooperation,
Zak was sentenced to time
served and one year of
supervised release.
The overall case
is USA v. Levin, et al.,
1:20-cr-681 (Cronan)
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