After entering a guilty plea to Medicaid fraud, a Maryland woman was sentenced to five years of probation and deferred jail for fraudulently charging more than $7,700 for home health care services that she did not deliver.
Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced the sentencing of 26-year-old Malaysia Shabree Brown of California, Maryland, in connection with claims that she billed Medicaid for home health care services that she did not deliver, according to the news release issued on Monday, July 1.
Brown worked for Quality Health Services as an in-home care provider for her grandmother in Lusby, Maryland, from December 30, 2022, until April 24, 2024. Brown’s grandma had a lengthy vacation without Brown during that time and was admitted to the hospital twelve times. Brown continued to use her cell phone to clock in and out while others were taking care of her, claiming to be taking care of her grandma. Brown was not with her grandmother while she claimed to be taking care of her, according to data from cellular sites and vehicle plate readers. Brown led to the submission of bogus Medicaid claims totaling $7,741.11 for 436 hours of care that were never rendered.
Before the Honorable Stacy W. McCormack of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County on June 26, 2025, Brown entered a guilty plea to one count of Medicaid Fraud valued at more than $1,500. Judge McCormack gave Brown a five-year probationary sentence with a five-year suspension. The Department of Parole and Probation is responsible for overseeing the first year of probation. Judge McCormack mandated that Brown complete 35 hours of community service, refrain from providing care for vulnerable persons, and be prohibited from acting as a provider in any state or federally sponsored health care program during her probationary period. When Brown was convicted, she made restitution of $4,496.86.
Attorney General Brown thanks Investigative Auditor Yelena Slutskaya, Assistant Attorney General Kelly A. Casper, Investigators Mark Janowitz and Michael Regan, and Medicaid Fraud and Vulnerable Victims Unit Director Zak Shirley for their efforts on this case.
75 percent of the funding for the Medicaid Fraud and Vulnerable Victims Unit of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General comes from a $6,845,828 grant award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2025. The State of Maryland provides funding for the remaining 25%, or $2,281,939 for FY 2025.
