Federal agents raided at least two Brooklyn adult day care centers Tuesday as part of a Medicaid fraud investigation involving allegations of money laundering, kickbacks and other offenses, officials said.
The raids are part of a months-long “massive effort to combat fraud and abuse” involving some of New York’s most vulnerable residents, Gov. Kathy Hochul said.
“We are targeting providers we believe engaged in illegal activity ranging from money laundering and kickbacks to improper billing and other fraudulent activities,” Hochul said during an unrelated news conference.
The Post observed officers from several law-enforcement agencies, including Homeland Security Investigations, outside two Brooklyn adult day care centers suspected of fraudulent activity.
Agents were photographed carrying boxes of evidence from the facilities, one in Sunset Park and the other in Borough Park.
“Billing public programs for care, transportation or other services that were never provided is fraud, NOT a paperwork mistake,’’ HSI wrote on X.
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An HSI spokeswoman confirmed to The Post that the agency was conducting a “court-authorized law enforcement action,” but declined to provide additional details because the investigation remains active.
Hochul said the operation was the latest step in her administration’s effort to tighten oversight of adult day care programs since she took office in 2021. She said those measures have saved more than $15 billion in Medicaid funds.
The administration has pledged to curb fraud in New York’s roughly $116 billion Medicaid program, which provides health care benefits to low-income residents.
However, federal prosecutors allege that one of Hochul’s signature initiatives — an overhaul of the state’s consumer-directed personal assistance program, known as CDPAP — was rigged.
Hochul’s administration has denied any wrongdoing and asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed earlier this year by the Trump administration.
— Additional reporting by Joe Marino