New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced the arrest of David Moore of Tompkins County, who through his company ASAP 2, allegedly stole over $1 million from Medicaid by using fictitious billing and an illegal kickback scheme to overcharge for transportation services. For years, Moore illegally paid Medicaid recipients to use his company, and then fraudulently overcharged Medicaid for the rides he provided. From January 2019 to August 2023, Moore allegedly paid Medicaid recipients to use his service, submitted claims for fictitious trips, and significantly inflated the mileage of trips that did happen to overcharge Medicaid by over $1 million. For example, Moore submitted claims for fictitious trips by allegedly billing trips with multiple passengers as if each passenger was in a separate vehicle, greatly increasing the fees for a single trip.
Moore also allegedly paid kickbacks to Medicaid patients to use his services. This allowed him to illegally recruit customers in order to fraudulently bill Medicaid for more rides, and undermined the businesses of other transportation providers in the Southern Tier. Moore made off-the-books payments to Medicaid recipients — some of whom were suffering from substance use disorder — using Cash App and Venmo to incentivize them to take rides with his service.
