New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that the owners of DYD Universe, Inc., a New York Medicaid-enrolled transportation company, have pleaded guilty for their roles in a scheme that stole more than $2.1 million from Medicaid and paid illegal kickbacks to Medicaid recipients. Damir Yuldashev, 64, his son Daler Yuldashev, 38, and Daler’s mother Nigina Iskandarova, 60, all of Monroe, New York, admitted that from April 2018 to March 2023, they stole more than $2.1 million from Medicaid by submitting fraudulent claims for services that they knowingly did not provide and toll charges that they knew were not incurred. The owners also admitted to paying illegal kickbacks to Medicaid recipients in exchange for providing DYD with their confidential Medicaid identification in order to carry out the scheme. As a result of the pleas, Damir Yuldashev will be sentenced to two to six years in prison and, along with Daler Yuldashev, must pay back over $2.1 million to Medicaid. Daler Yuldashev and Nigina Iskandarova will be sentenced to probation, and all three defendants will be permanently banned from being providers in all government-funded health programs.
