Rohan Crosdale is listed as a registered agent for Smart Choice Auto Care LLC, which has a Ballston Spa address.
According to the Times Union, Crosdale has been an enrolled Medicaid provider since February 2020 and is accused of billing the program for over $700,000 in fraudulent trips over four years through Smart Choice. The comptroller's office said Crosdale allegedly charged Medicaid for journeys that simply did not take place.
An investigation and forensic audit conducted by the comptroller's office determined that Crosdale allegedly stole $714,663 from Medicaid, the Times Union reports. The case did not start with state auditors, however — the Saratoga County Sheriff's Office first referred Crosdale and Smart Choice to the comptroller's office, which began examining the company in May 2024.
Not Guilty Plea, Next Court Date Set
Crosdale entered his not-guilty plea to the three grand larceny counts in Saratoga County Court, and he is due back in court on November 25. His attorney, Danielle Neroni, declined to comment on the case when contacted, per the same account.
Under New York law, grand larceny in the second degree applies when stolen property exceeds $50,000, while grand larceny in the third degree applies above $3,000, according to the New York State Senate's codified penal statutes.
Part of a Broader Pattern in Medicaid Transportation Billing
Crosdale's case lands amid a string of Medicaid transportation fraud prosecutions across New York in recent years. In the Capital Region alone, the Office of the Medicaid Inspector General reported that two brothers pleaded guilty in a $1.6 million Medicaid transportation fraud scheme, with one of them, Junaid Choudhary, accused of submitting more than $1 million in false claims through his company, A1 Rides Inc.
In a separate case, the comptroller's office said a transportation company owner was indicted for allegedly billing unauthorized group rides as individual rides to inflate payments, part of an $1.8 million scheme.
The scale of the problem extends well beyond the Capital Region. The New York Attorney General's office announced indictments and arrests of five Medicaid-contracted transportation providers and seven affiliated companies accused of stealing more than $4.4 million through fictitious billing and kickback schemes.
Federal auditors have also flagged systemic weaknesses in how New York oversees these providers. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General estimated that New York claimed $112,028,279 in federal Medicaid reimbursement for payments to non-emergency medical transportation providers that may not have complied with federal and state requirements, underscoring how difficult the billing category has been for the state to police.
For now, the Crosdale case remains in its early stages, with his not-guilty plea standing as the only response on record and his next court appearance set for November 25.
