Updated: 10:02 PM EDT July 7, 2021
DANBURY, Conn. A man from Danbury was charged Wednesday for allegedly filing thousands of fraudulent Medicaid claims totaling more than $1 million that was not rendered or rendered by unlicensed personnel.
Bobby Kato, Jr., 43, was arrested by inspectors from the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in the Office of the Chief State s Attorney. He was charged with larceny in the first degree by defrauding a public community, health insurance fraud, two counts of identity theft in the second degree, and one count of identity theft in the third degree.
State officials said that Kato owned and was principal of Kato Counseling, LLC, which is a Connecticut Medical Assistance Program (CMAP) provider enrolled as a Behavioral Health Clinician Group.
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Relationship expert Dr. Bobby Kato said that Valentine s Day is loaded with landmines even during non-plague years. (Bobby Kato/Contributed)
DANBURY, CT As if the coronavirus hasn t messed up your life enough already, it now threatens to screw up the only good thing about February in Connecticut: Valentine s Day.
The virus continues to drain bank accounts even as restrictions on your ability to earn a living ease, ever-so-slightly. That s a problem not only for your personal bottom line, but can be a game changer for the tousle-haired inamorata whose world you fill, for the moment.
Dr. Bobby Kato, who runs Kato Counseling on Mill Plain Road in Danbury, is an expert on what makes couples tick, or explode. He says that Cupid s arrow may be responsible for getting a relationship off the ground, but it s the almighty Benjamin that keeps the li l guy s quiver stocked and bow greased.