Albany, NY - Former Nursing Home Owner Charged In $3 Million Medicaid Case

Albany, NY - Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's office accused the former owner of two Bronx nursing homes of bilking the state's Medicaid program out of more than three million dollars over almost seven years.

Abe Zelmanowich of Scarsdale was indicted by an Albany County grand jury for fraudulent billing. He faces one count of grand larceny and other lesser charges that could lead to 25 years in prison if he's convicted.

Spitzer's office also sued Zelmanowich seeking more than 12 million dollars in penalties and restitution for payments to the nursing homes from January first, 1997 to August 27th, 2003.