Alleged $38M adult day care scam busted in Brooklyn — snaring Pakistani community leaders who cozied up to Dems

A prominent Pakistani-American businessman who spent years cozying up to powerful Democrats stands accused of being part of a $38 million Medicaid scam.

Civic leader and well-known Brooklyn Community Board 13 member Pervez Siddiqui, 78, was arrested Monday along with seven co-conspirators.

They are alleged to have run a large-scale Medicaid kickback and false-billing scheme through two social adult day care (SADC) centers in Brooklyn: APNA Adult Daycare and Ashiana Social Adult Daycare.

The scam ran from 2019 through December 2025, feds allege, with seniors being signed up for day cares that they rarely or never attended, then getting a cut of the Medicaid payment.

“Marketers are going around looking for the Medicaid card. They stop people on the street, at bus stops. They go into doctors’ offices. They go into NYCHA [government housing] where they know people are low-income. They ask, ‘Do you have a Medicaid card?’” a source with knowledge of the investigation told The Post.

Siddiqui, who owns around 15 pharmacies in New Jersey, is prolific in local political circles and a regular donor to Democratic campaigns, sometimes shelling out over $10,000 a pop to local candidates, records show. And through his ties to another group, he scored an intimate sit-down with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in December 2025, pictures obtained by The Post show.

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APNA Adult Daycare nor Ashiana Social Adult Daycare were originally founded to support the South Asian and immigrant communities in Brooklyn....many of whom emanate from Pakistan.

The scam ran from 2019 through December 2025, with seniors being signed up for day cares that they rarely or never attended, then getting a cut of the Medicaid payment.

The scammers obsessively recruited people into the scheme to steal tax dollars.......going around looking for Medicaid cards, stopping people on the street, at bus stops, in doctors’ offices, government housing w/ low-income types.......asking, ‘Do you have a Medicaid card?’”

Brooklyn Community Board member and Democrat suck-up Pakistanian, Pervez Siddiqui,
arrested Monday along with seven co-conspirators, knew the Medicare ropes only too well.

Siddiqui, (shown above) owns around 15 NJ pharmacies, is active in local political circles and is a big buck Dem donor, sometimes shelling out over $10,000 a pop to local Democrat candidates.

And through his monied political ties, he scored an intimate sit-down with Communist
Zohran Mamdani in December 2025, pictures obtained by The NY Post show.

On Sept. 6, 2001 — five days before the 9/11 attack — Antoinette DiLorenzo, who teaches English as a second language to a class of Pakistani immigrants at New Utrecht High School in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, led a class discussion about world events. She asked a freshman: “What are you looking at?” The youth was peering out the third-floor window toward lower Manhattan. After he made the remark about the World Trade Center not being there next week, the teacher didn’t immediately think much of it, though it stuck in her mind.

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Brooklyn Community Board member and Democrat suck-up Pakistanian, Pervez Siddiqui, arrested Monday along with seven co-conspirators, knew the Medicare ropes only too well. Siddiqui, (shown above) owns around 15 NJ pharmacies.

pharmacytimes.com
June 8, 2017
How Medicare Fraud Schemes Are Perpetrated by Pharmacies
By Joshua Pirestani

The abuse of pharmacy benefits is among the most prevalent of fraudulent activities in healthcare. Fraudulent activities across every sector of healthcare are nothing new. In fact, Medicare and Medicaid fraud alone costs taxpayers estimated billions of dollars annually, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

No one really knows the actual amount of money lost to fraudulent activities, but that’s not the point. The real problem is cracking down on acts of fraud, which is often difficult considering that both the patients and healthcare organizations contribute to the problem one way or another.

Problems have become so widespread that there’s now a Medicare Fraud Strike Force tasked to hunt and take down anyone engaged in fraud. Medicare also provided information and procedures in reporting fraud, outlining the details required to file a report—such as dates and receipts and which numbers to call. Customers, patients, and employees are urged to report against fraudulent activities if they suspect it or when they have been a victim of it.

The Hows of Pharmacy Medicare Fraud

Among the many fraudulent activities in the healthcare sector, abuse of pharmacy benefits is the most prevalent. In fact, many pharmacy owners and employees have been arrested for their participation in pharmacy Medicare fraud schemes. The largest takedown happened in 36 Federal Districts, including New York, where a pharmacist was accused of defrauding Medicare and Medicaid by more than $50 million. But how do pharmacists get away with it?

Different Pharmacy Medicare Fraud Schemes

Auto-refilling pharmacy fraud

This happens when a prescription is automatically filled, even when a patient did not request a refill. Without the patient’s knowledge, the pharmacy will then bill Medicare for prescriptions that patients never picked up. They do the same with Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), Medicaid, and TRICARE. Because the prescriptions are still in store, they can rinse and repeat and get away with it.

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