Updated: 11:29 AM EDT May 7, 2021
NORFOLK, Va. — A Williamsburg wellness center owner was indicted by a federal grand jury and is accused of defrauding Virginia Medicaid and other health care programs.
According to the indictment, Maria Kokolis, 45, of Williamsburg--owner and operator of Pamisage, Inc.--received a total of at least $2,189,342 in fraudulent health care benefit program reimbursements, a portion of which came from the U.S. government.
Pamisage, Inc. offered services in integrative behavioral health and medicine, with a focus on weight management issues.
Kokolis is accused of "allegedly defrauded health care programs and the government by submitting false claims and engaging in multiple overbilling schemes,” according to Raj Parekh, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.