MINEOLA, L.I. — A Rosedale woman has been charged by Long Island authorities with illegally taking in thousands of dollars in Medicaid benefits, the Nassau County district attorney said.
Lisa Kogut, 47, was arrested May 18 and charged with grand larceny, welfare fraud, possession of a forged instrument and offering a false instrument for filing, Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice said.
Between May 2006 and September 2009, Kogut allegedly stole $20,300 in underserved Medicaid benefits, according to the DA. She claimed to have lived in Island Park, L.I., instead of her true residence in Queens, failed to disclose she was married and failed to disclose her husband’s income, Rice said.
If convicted on all charges, she faces up to seven years in prison, the DA said.
