Convicted felon Boris Gokhman ordered to pay $90,000
Milwaukee real estate developer Boris Gokhman was ordered to pay $90,000 in a civil lawsuit related to his defrauding of Medicaid. The civil forfeiture equals $5,000 each for 18 [tag]fraudulent claims[/tag] submitted to Medicaid.
The civil and criminal cases relate to an [tag]investigation[/tag] of the now defunct Cares R Us Home Health Care Agency Ltd. The company received more than $1 million in Medicaid money for nursing and personal services that were not performed or were not necessary.
Gokhman.s part in the [tag]fraud[/tag] included submitting false time sheets for services never really provided to his parents, who were Cares R Us clients. He claimed that he provided services on 650 consecutive days, when in reality he was traveling in the U.S., Canada, and Caribbean for many of those days. The [tag]fraudulent[/tag] billings brought in $29,000 to the company, of which Boris was paid $12,050.
In September 2004, Boris was sentenced to a year of probation and a fine of $7,500 after pleading guilty in the criminal portion of the case.
Boris, a Russian immigrant, has developed hundreds of apartments and condominiums in the Milwaukee area with his company, New Land Enterprises LLP.
