Former Maine couple that ran wheelchair van companies sentenced for MaineCare fraud

A former Freeport couple that ran wheelchair van companies that transported clients with disabilities was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Portland for fraudulently billing MaineCare and filing false tax returns.

Robert Zuschlag, 60, and Kristen Zuschlag, 55, of Elijah, Georgia, were ordered to pay $302,000 in restitution to MaineCare and $93,000 to the Internal Revenue Service, according to the U.S. attorney’s office.

U.S. District Judge D. Brock Hornby sentenced Robert Zuschlag to 30 months in federal prison and his wife to three years of probation. He will begin serving his sentence in mid-April. The couple remains free on bail.

They were indicted in 2017 on 17 counts each of charges related to the fraudulent billing, false tax returns and false statements.

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