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BALTIMORE, MD – Attorney General Anthony G. Brown today announced the
sentencing of Malaysia Shabree Brown, 26, of California, Maryland, stemming from allegations
that she billed Medicaid for home health care services that she did not provide.
From December 30, 2022, through April 24, 2024, Brown worked as an in-home care worker for
Quality Health Services providing care to her grandmother who lived in Lusby, Maryland.
During that period, Brown’s grandmother was hospitalized 12 times and went on an extended
vacation without Brown. While others were providing care, Brown continued to clock in and out
using her cellular phone, alleging that she was providing care for her grandmother. Cellular site
data and license plate reader information show that 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 performed, totaling $7,741.11 in false claims.
On June 26, 2025, Brown pleaded guilty to one count of Medicaid Fraud valued over $1,500
before the Honorable Stacy W. McCormack of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel
County. Judge McCormack sentenced Brown to five years suspended in favor of five years of
probation. The first year of probation is to be supervised by the Department of Parole and
Probation. During her probationary period, Judge McCormack ordered that Brown not be
permitted to care for vulnerable adults, be excluded from participating as a provider in any state
or federally funded health care program and perform 35 hours of community service. Brown paid
restitution of $4,496.86 at the time she was sentenced.
In making today’s announcement, Attorney General Brown thanks 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 work on this case.
The Maryland Office of the Attorney General, Medicaid Fraud and Vulnerable Victims Unit
receives 75 percent of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
under a grant award totaling $6,845,828 for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2025. The remaining 25
percent, totaling $2,281,939 for FY 2025, is funded by the State of Maryland.
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