Vladimir Faerman, 66, of Hawthorne, was charged in an indictment obtained by the state with 175 counts of second-degree health care claims fraud, second-degree theft by deception and third-degree Medicaid fraud. Faerman was arrested today in Hawthorne. Faerman is being held at Bergen County Jail in Hackensack on $175,000 bail.

The OIFP alleges that from November 2009 to January 2013, Faerman caused fraudulent records to be submitted to Medicaid that claimed he visited eight clients at their homes on 3,797 different occasions. However, during this same period, Faerman worked at a jewelry store in Paramus and timekeeping records from the store allegedly indicate he was working there around the very same times he was purportedly providing health services to clients at their homes.

Confident Care Corporation is headquartered in Hackensack and has ten satellite offices throughout New Jersey, as well as offices in Florida. Faerman is the latest current or former employee of Confident Care to be indicted by OIFP on charges of scamming Medicaid in a similar fashion, which include:

• Elhan Gurban, 52, of Fort Lee, charged in July with 45 counts of second-degree health care claims fraud and one count each of third-degree Medicaid fraud and third-degree theft by deception. Gurban allegedly caused 1,413 false claims to be submitted to Medicaid, which paid out $64,125.

• Roman Abashkin, 32, of Wayne, charged in July with 24 counts of second-degree health care claims fraud and one count each of third-degree Medicaid fraud and third-degree theft by deception. Abashkin allegedly caused 212 fraudulent claims to be submitted to Medicaid, which paid out $6,664.

• Semen Rybalov, 68, of Wayne, charged in July with 15 counts of second-degree health care claims fraud and one count each of third-degree Medicaid fraud and third-degree theft by deception. Rybalov allegedly caused 45 false claims to be submitted to Medicaid, which paid out $2,180.

• Anatoli Rountsev, 52, of Totowa, charged in June with 43 counts of second-degree health care claims fraud, one count of third-degree Medicaid fraud and one count of third-degree theft by deception. Rountsev allegedly caused 463 false claims to be submitted to Medicaid, which paid out $12,598.

• Naum Lavnevich, 56, of Oakland charged in June with 154 counts of second-degree health care claims fraud, one count of third-degree Medicaid fraud and one count of third-degree theft by deception. Lavenich allegedly caused 178 false claims to be submitted to Medicaid, which paid out $5,614.

Deputy Attorney Jordan Mamorsky presented the case to the state grand jury. Detective Kylie Mattis and Analyst B’leia Williams coordinated the investigation.

Acting Insurance Fraud Prosecutor Ronald Chillemi noted that the indictments are merely accusations and the defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. Second-degree crimes carry a maximum sentence of 10 years in state prison and a criminal fine of up to $150,000, while third-degree crimes carry a sentence of three to five years and a $15,000 fine.

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