Contractor charged with Medicaid fraud

A Holmes County contractor has been accused of Medicaid fraud, according to a press release from Attorney General Bill McCollum.
Robert Greenlee, owner of Greenlee and Sons Construction in Bonifay, was arrested Wednesday and is charged with one count of organized scheme to defraud and one count of wire fraud. Both are third-degree felonies.
If convicted, Greenlee could face up to 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine, according to the release.
Authorities allege that he defrauded the Florida Medicaid program out of more than $33,000.
Investigators with the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit discovered the alleged fraud after receiving complaints from the Council on Aging of West Florida about home modifications for Medicaid recipients that had been contracted out to Greenlee’s company.
Greenlee, 68, was not a licensed contractor for the counties in which he was working, and building inspectors often found his modifications did not meet industry standards or code, authorities said. Greenlee also allegedly employed unlicensed workers, a violation of industry regulations.
According to investigators, Greenlee consistently billed for work before projects were completed, a practice unauthorized by the Medicaid program.
The Council on Aging reported it had received numerous complaints about his company’s projects, the majority of which were completed with extremely poor quality work, officials said.  Investigators also believe that on two occasions,  Greenlee billed Medicaid in advance for projects on which he never worked. The case will be prosecuted by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit through the State Attorney’s Office for the First Judicial Circuit.
Officers with the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office arrested Greenlee on a warrant from the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.