Attorney General William Tong has announced a $710,815.34 settlement with Trading Spaces ABA, LLC, a defunct Glastonbury autism behavioral services provider, and its owner Glenroy Patterson, resolving allegations that they knowingly submitted false claims for autism treatment services never provided to the Connecticut Medical Assistance Program (CMAP).

The settlement resolves a civil enforcement action under the Connecticut False Claims Act covering billing conduct between January 2017 and December 2021. During that period, Patterson was licensed and enrolled in the CMAP as a Board-Certified Behavioral Analyst and sole owner of Trading Spaces, which billed and received reimbursement for behavioral treatment services to beneficiaries under 21 years of age diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder despite no patient records or clinical notes supporting those claims.

"Medicaid fraud steals from taxpayers and threatens care for people who need it most," said Attorney General Tong. "We will hold anyone who cheats this program accountable."

The civil settlement follows criminal proceedings by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in the Office of the Chief State's Attorney. Patterson pleaded no contest to charges of defrauding the Connecticut Medicaid program and was sentenced in Hartford Superior Court on June 4, 2026, paying $102,084.17 in criminal restitution at sentencing. The civil settlement amount represents treble damages and civil per-claim penalties under the Connecticut False Claims Act based on claims and patients covered by the criminal conviction.