Justice Department accuses New York state of letting fraud flourish in Medicaid program The U.S. Justice Department has accused New York state officials of enabling fraud within a $10 billion Medicaid program. They allege that state officials allowed a Georgia company to use a rigged bidding process to take over and exploit the program that serves disabled patients needing home care.

• The U.S. Justice Department accused New York state officials of facilitating fraud.
• Officials allegedly allowed a Georgia company to use a sham bidding process.
• This allowed the company to gain control of and abuse a $10 billion program.
• The program provides home care to disabled Medicaid patients.