People v. McDonald

OPINION OF THE COURT

Levine, J.

Following a jury trial, defendant McDonald, a podiatrist enrolled as a participating provider in the New York Medical Assistance Program, was convicted of one count of second degree grand larceny (Penal Law § 155.40) and six counts of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree (Penal Law § 175.35). In an unrelated bench trial, defendant Strogov, also a participating podiatrist, was convicted of second degree grand larceny. The basis for these convictions was defendants’ submission of claims to the Medicaid program for custom-made orthotics "cast…