Middletown Resident Charged In Health Care Fraud Case Involving Durable Medical Equipment

MIDDLETOWN, CT — A Middletown Man is facing a potential 40 years in prison in a federal probe into health care fraud.

David X. Sullivan, United States attorney for the District of Connecticut; Roberto Coviello, special agent in charge of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Inspector General; and P.J. O'Brien, special agent in charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said Friday that Haberoon Habib, 29, a citizen of Pakistan and lawful permanent resident of the U.S. residing in Middletown, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with offenses stemming from an investigation into health care fraud scheme involving durable medical equipment.

According to documents and statements made in court, the case revolves around Medicare Advantage program, commonly known as Medicare Part C, which offers Medicare beneficiaries managed care options by allowing them to enroll in private health care plans rather than having their care covered through Medicare's traditional fee-for-service program, commonly known as Medicare Part B. The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services contracts with private health insurers to administer the Medicare Advantage program, Sullivan said.

According to case records, Habib and Around the World Solutions LLC, a company he formed in January 2025, along with others, engaged in "a health care fraud scheme to defraud the Medicare Advantage program" through the submission of fraudulent claims for DME, specifically orthotics, that were never provided to patients.

Between February and June 2025, Around the World Solutions, which had a business address at a shared office space location in Middletown, billed various Medicare Advantage plan sponsors for orthotics purportedly provided to more than 400 Medicare beneficiaries around the U.S., none of whom resided in Connecticut, according to case records.

The beneficiaries did not ask for, or receive, the orthotics, Sullivan said.

According to case records, Habib engaged in "unlawful financial transactions involving proceeds of the scheme." In February of this year, Habib opened a checking account in the name of Around the World Solutions and, between March 12 and May 14, approximately $680,000 in checks from Medicare Advantage plan sponsors were deposited into the account, according to case records. During this same two-month period, $425,000 was transferred out of the account via wire transfers to financial institutions in Pakistan, case records show.

According to case records, HHS-OIG agents interviewed Habib on July 29, and informed him of the investigation. On Aug. 21, investigators learned that Habib was scheduled to fly on a one-way ticket, from JFK Airport to Pakistan on four days later.

Habib was subsequently arrested on Aug. 24, records show. He appeared the next day in New Haven federal court and was released on a $50,000 bond and is subject to electronic monitoring, records show.

The complaint charges Habib with money laundering, an offense that carries a maximum prison term of 20 years; making unlawful monetary transactions, an offense that carries a maximum term of 10 years; operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, an offense that carries a maximum term of five years; and conspiracy, an offense that carries a maximum term of imprisonment of five years.