Attorney General John M. Formella announces that Cody Gobis, age 24, of Manchester, New Hampshire, has been convicted of class A misdemeanor Receiving Stolen Property for his role in a scheme to steal funds from New Hampshire Medicaid.
On July 30, 2024, Cody Gobis pleaded guilty in Merrimack County Superior Court to, while acting in concert with Fawn Gobis and Richard Gobis, receiving funds that had been stolen from New Hampshire Medicaid. After receiving the Medicaid funds, Cody Gobis transferred those funds from an account he held at a credit union to an account that Fawn Gobis held at the same credit union.
The Court sentenced Cody Gobis to serve twelve months in the Merrimack County House of Corrections, fully suspended for two years, and ordered him to pay $10,551.61 in restitution to the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services. The restitution order provides that Cody Gobis’s liability to pay restitution is joint and several with Fawn Gobis and Richard Gobis.
The Merrimack County Grand Jury indicted Fawn Gobis on charges of Theft by Deception, Medicaid Fraud – False Claims, Medicaid Fraud – False Records, and Public Assistance Fraud. The Merrimack County Grand Jury indicted Richard Gobis on charges of Theft by Deception (Accomplice), Medicaid Fraud – False Claims (Accomplice), and Public Assistance Fraud. The cases against Fawn Gobis and Richard Gobis have been joined for trial, and jury selection will take place on November 5, 2024. The charges and allegations against Fawn Gobis and Richard Gobis are merely accusations, and Fawn Gobis and Richard Gobis are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Senior Assistant Attorney General Thomas T. Worboys and Assistant Attorney General Andrew Yourell of the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit prosecuted this case. Financial Investigator Timothy Brackett, also of the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, and New Hampshire State Police Auxiliary Trooper Eric Shirley, formerly of the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, investigated the matter based on a referral from the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services’ Program Integrity Unit.
The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit investigates and prosecutes fraud by healthcare providers who treat Medicaid beneficiaries. Healthcare providers include, but are not limited to, hospitals, nursing homes, doctors, dentists, pharmacies, ambulance companies, and anyone else who is paid for providing healthcare services to Medicaid beneficiaries. If you would like to report a case of provider fraud, please contact the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit at (603) 271-1246.
The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit receives 75 percent of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award totaling $987,576 for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2024. The remaining 25 percent, totaling $329,191 for FY 2024, is funded by the State of New Hampshire.
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