People v. Tarikere

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Posner, J.), rendered August 29, 1989, convicting her of grand larceny in the second degree and offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree (20 counts), upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The charges against the defendant, a physician, arose out of allegations that she billed Medicaid for "Specialist Consultations” when none had been made and "unusual travel” expenses when none were incurred. Viewing the evidence in a light *661most favorable to the prosecution…