SHELTON — A Shelton man who is a Greenwich police officer was charged Wednesday after allegedly fraudulently billing Medicaid for work as a personal care assistant that he did not perform, according to the Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice.
Michael Mastronardi, 45, was arrested Wednesday and charged with first-degree larceny by defrauding a public community, conspiracy to commit first-degree larceny by defrauding a public commuinity, health insurance fraud and conspiracy to commit health insurance fraud, officials said in a release.
“According to the arrest warrant affidavit, Mastronardi was an enrolled provider in the Personal Care Assistance (PCA) program, a federal and state funded Medicaid program that allows eligible participants to hire others to assist with their daily care,” officials said in the release. “Between August 2014 and April 2019, Mastronardi billed Medicaid and was paid for PCA services that he did not provide, including time during which he was working as a Greenwich police officer, the warrant states.”
Source: Shelton man, Greenwich police officer charged with alleged Medicaid “scam” / Milford Mirror