Lindenhurst Woman Pleads Guilty in Medicaid Scheme

Angel Ambulette owner and Lindenhurst native Patricia Clague has agreed to plead guilty to one count of grand larceny in Nassau County Court Friday.

The owner of the Massapequa-based business will pay back $348,000 and spend four months in jail after pleading guilty to Medicaid fraud, the state attorney general said.

Clague, 45, was paid the money by medicaid for transportation that was never provided, or was provided by untrained or improperly licensed drivers, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said.

Clague's mother in-law Barbara Clague, 78, also plead guilty to taking part in the scheme and will pay a $1,000 fine.  Both women are from Lindenhurst.

They falsified hundreds of company records from 2005 to 2009.

Nine employees who worked as drivers and dispatchers were also arrested., as were two women charged with falsifying  certificates claiming Angel employees had passed a driver's safety check.