Ambulance company faces Medicaid fraud trial

The owner of a private ambulance company will stand trial in federal court Monday on charges that he filed $1.6 million in fraudulent Medicaid claims, including submitting forms for dead Washingtonians.

Akiuber Ndoromo James, owner of Voice of Social Concern Association in Washington, a nonprofit ambulance company that James ran out of his home in the 3600 block of 16th Street Northwest, has been charged with health care fraud, wire fraud, money laundering and making false statements.