NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A dual citizen of Pakistan and the United States has been federally charged with carrying out an alleged health care fraud scheme involving durable medical equipment, or DME.

Habroon Habib, 29, lives in Middletown . According to a report from the Interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, he faces multiple charges.

These include money laundering, making unlawful monetary transactions, operating an unlicensed money transmitting business and conspiracy.

Court documents and statements from court note that the Medicare Advantage program, or Medicare Part C, provides Medicare beneficiaries managed care options by enabling them to enroll in private health care plans rather than having their care covered through Medicare’s traditional fee-for-service program, o

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