6 charged in alleged MaineCare fraud scheme in South Portland

Key Points:

• Six individuals associated with Community Home Health Care LLC in South Portland, Maine, have been charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud by allegedly billing MaineCare for services never provided between 2020 and 2026.
• The accused include the company owner Noora Abd and employees Faysal Kalayaf Manahe, Adel Al Rashid, Sura Almohammed, Ethar Alyaseen, and Mohammed Alkhalaf, all U.S. citizens, who were arrested on Tuesday.
• The scheme involved falsifying Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) records by sharing login credentials to create fake documentation of care provided to one client, resulting in over $600,000 in payments from MaineCare.
• Additional charges include Alkhalaf making false statements to the FBI and Abd and Manahe obstructing the investigation by encouraging others to mislead law enforcement.
• If convicted, the defendants face up to 10 years in prison, fines up to $250,000 or twice the fraudulent amount, and the government seeks forfeiture of proceeds including $170,600 in cash and jewelry.