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March 11, 2020

Posted  March 11, 2020

The organizer of a $2 million multi-state Medicaid fraud scheme has been sentenced to 11 years in prison and ordered to pay $2.5 million in restitution.  Along with two other co-defendants, Matthew Harrell fraudulently obtained the Medicaid provider number of mental health service providers in Georgia and Florida, as well as the Medicaid member numbers of children in foster care, welfare, and other programs in Louisiana.  Using companies purporting to be mental health providers, the defendants then submitted $3.5 million in false claims and received $2.5 million in reimbursements. Harrell’s co-defendants, Nikki Richardson and Tomeka Howard, have also been ordered to serve time and pay restitution.  USAO NDGA

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