The owner of a Schenectady County medical transportation company was charged with stealing more than $1.8 million from the state’s Medicaid program over a nearly four-year period, State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Schenectady County District Attorney Robert Carney and Schenectady County Sheriff Dominic Dagostino announced. The company’s office manager was also charged with money laundering in connection with the scheme. Defendant, Mohammad Chaudhry, 43, is accused of inflating Medicaid bills from January 2020 through September 2024 by submitting claims for rides which never occurred, overbilling for group rides, and lying about the destinations of the trips to inflate their payments. Defendant Noah Shook, 45, is accused of paying kickbacks to Medicaid recipients as part of the scam.