Couple Pleads Guilty to $92K Medicaid Fraud

A Levittown couple paid restitution and will serve community service after pleading guilty to welfare fraud, announced the Nassau County District Attorney.

Harpreet Saini pleaded guilty to second-degree welfare fraud and her husband, Harjinder Singh pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct on Monday.

Saini, 30, paid full restitution of $92,571.14 to Nassau County before being conditionally discharged by a judge. Singh, 37, was ordered to complete 210 hours of community service.

The couple were charged in October after an investigation that resulted in eight arrests for a total of $157,428.48.

According to the DA, Singh and Saini received Medicaid benefits for five years by claiming their income was less than what they actually earned working at Mineola Card and Smoke. They reportedly claimed Singh’s income was between $520 and $600 every two weeks when they were actually the owners of the store.