CONCORD, N.H. – A Claremont man has been sentenced to state prison for his involvement in a Medicaid fraud scheme that resulted in over $21,000 in fraudulent reimbursements, New Hampshire Attorney General John M. Formella announced.

Joseph Bye, 32, was sentenced by the Merrimack County Superior Court for submitting false mileage reimbursement claims to the New Hampshire Medicaid program between July 2020 and July 2022. The fraudulent claims were part of the Family and Friends Mileage Reimbursement Program.

According to the Attorney General’s Office, Bye falsely reported that he traveled approximately 40 miles from Danville to Concord for healthcare appointments when, in fact, he was living in Concord, less than one-and-a-half miles from the treatment facility. His co-conspirator, Sara Lapointe, 29, claimed she was commuting from Cornish, a distance of about 65 miles, to the same facility, while she was also residing in Concord.

Bye pleaded guilty to Class B felony Medicaid Fraud – False Claims and Class A felony Theft by Deception. He was sentenced to 1 to 3 years in the New Hampshire State Prison, stand committed, for the Medicaid Fraud charge, followed by a consecutive 3 to 6-year sentence, fully suspended for 10 years, on the Theft by Deception charge. Additionally, Bye must pay $21,771.38 in restitution and is permanently barred from participating in the Family and Friends Mileage Reimbursement Program.

Lapointe pleaded guilty on May 13, 2024, to similar charges. She...

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