Man accused of filing thousands of fraudulent Medicaid claim

Updated: 10:02 PM EDT July 7, 2021
DANBURY, Conn. — A man from Danbury was charged Wednesday for allegedly filing thousands of fraudulent Medicaid claims totaling more than $1 million that was not rendered or rendered by unlicensed personnel.
Bobby Kato, Jr., 43, was arrested by inspectors from the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in the Office of the Chief State's Attorney. He was charged with larceny in the first degree by defrauding a public community, health insurance fraud, two counts of identity theft in the second degree, and one count of identity theft in the third degree. 
State officials said that Kato owned and was principal of Kato Counseling, LLC, which is a Connecticut Medical Assistance Program (CMAP) provider enrolled as a Behavioral Health Clinician Group. 

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