New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli and Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler announced that on Thursday, May 14, 2026, Rohail Raja, age 45, of New Windsor, pled guilty in Orange County Court to Grand Larceny in the First Degree, and his wife, Sharma Alam, age 45, also of New Windsor, plead guilty to the felony charge of Conspiracy in the Fourth Degree. Both pleas were in connection with a scheme wherein two Medicaid transportation companies, Unique Class Limo, Inc. and SNR Limo, Inc., which are owned by Raja and Alam respectively, stole from the New York State Department of Health by fraudulently billing for Medicaid transports that either did not occur at all, or did not occur in the manner that demands for payment indicated. At the time that they pleaded guilty, Raja and Alam each admitted that $3,434,730.00 was stolen from New York State’s Medicaid program pursuant to this fraudulent billing scheme. Pursuant to the plea agreements placed on the record at the time the defendants plead guilty, both Raja and Alam will be ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $3,434,730.00. If Raja and Alam pay $1,000,000.00 toward that restitution prior to being sentenced, the District Attorney’s Office will recommend that Raja be sentenced to four to twelve (4-12) years...
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