Norwalk Man Charged with Health Care Fraud, ID Theft

A certified alcohol and drug abuse counselor from Norwalk has been charged with health care fraud and identity theft offenses, United States Attorney David Fein announced Wednesday.

Alan Emmett Bradley, 57, who has dual residences in Norwalk and Ocoee, Fla., was charged in a 27-court indictment, Fein said.

"The indictment alleges that Bradley, a certified alcohol and drug abuse counselor, obtained the Medicaid identification numbers of various Medicaid clients and used the identification numbers to submit hundreds of claims to Connecticut’s Department of Social Services," Tom Carson wrote in a press release. "The claims alleged that Bradley performed 75 to 80-minute individual psychotherapy sessions to these Medicaid clients at his office in Norwalk. Hundreds of these counseling sessions did not occur and, for many of them, Bradley was actually living and attending school in Florida."

According to the press release, the Connecticut Medicaid program is a joint federal-state program designed primarily to finance the provision of medical services to the indigent. It is administered in Connecticut by the Department of Social Services, and is also supervised by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service.       

Bradley was arrested in Florida on May 17 of this, and has been detained since Nov. 29 after a judge found he has violated certain conditions of his pretrial release, according to the press release.

"The indictment charges Bradley with 12 counts of health care fraud, an offense that carries a maximum term of imprisonment of 10 years on each count, and 12 counts of making false statements relating to health care matters, an offense that carries a maximum term of imprisonment of five years on each count," Carson wrote. "Bradley is also charged with three counts of aggravated identity theft, an offense that carries a mandatory minimum term of imprisonment of two years, which must run consecutively to any sentence imposed on any other count of conviction."

The indictment is not evidence of guilt, Fein said. The charges are only allegations, and Bradley is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

Fein said the matter is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to the release. U.S. Attorney Fein also acknowledged the substantial assistance provided by Connecticut’s Department of Social Services, the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Chief State’s Attorney’s Office and the Norwalk Police Department.