A Maryland woman was sentenced to five years suspended incarceration and five years probation after pleading guilty to Medicaid fraud for billing over $7,700 for home health care services she did not provide.
According to a news release issued on Monday, July 1: “Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced the sentencing of Malaysia Shabree Brown, 26, of California, Maryland, on allegations that she billed Medicaid for home health care services that she did not provide.
From December 30, 2022 to April 24, 2024, Brown worked as an in-home care worker for Quality Health Services, caring for her grandmother in Lusby, Maryland.
During that time, Brown’s grandmother was hospitalised 12 times and took a long vacation without him. While others were providing care, Brown continued to clock in and out on her cell phone, claiming to be caring for her grandmother.
Cellular site data and license plate reader data show Brown was not with her grandmother when she claimed to be caring for her. Brown caused claims to be submitted to Medicaid for 436 hours of care that were not provided, resulting in $7,741.11 in false claims.
Brown pleaded guilty to one count of Medicaid fraud worth more than $1,500 on June 26, 2025, in front of the Honourable Stacy W. McCormack of Anne Arundel County Circuit Court.
Judge McCormack sentenced Brown to five years suspended in exchange for five years of probation. The first year of probation will be monitored by the Department of Parole and Probation.
During her probation, Judge McCormack prohibited Brown from caring for vulnerable adults, barred her from participating in any state or federally funded health care program, and required her to perform 35 hours of community service. Brown paid restitution of $4,496.86 when she was sentenced.
Attorney General Brown expressed gratitude to Medicaid Fraud and Vulnerable Victims Unit Director Zak Shirley, Assistant Attorney General Kelly A. Casper, Investigators Mark Janowitz and Michael Regan, and Investigative Auditor Yelena Slutskaya for their contributions to this case.
The Maryland Office of the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud and Vulnerable Victims Unit receives 75% of its funding from the United States.
Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award of $6,845,828 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. The remaining 25%, $2,281,939 for FY 2025, is funded by the state of Maryland.”
