A trio of relatives in New Jersey defrauded the state’s Medicaid program out of millions of dollars while neglecting patient care, the state comptroller found.

The owner and operators of a South Jersey nursing home pocketed millions of dollars in Medicaid money while its 110 residents lived in a dirty, understaffed facility, a scheme that went unnoticed for years by the state agencies tasked with oversight,

State Medicaid fraud investigators found a years-long scheme at a Bridgeton nursing home they say illicitly enriched its owner and operators.