BATON ROUGE, LA –
Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry today announced 21 people have been
arrested by his Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) as part of the 2019 National
Health Care Fraud Takedown. This effort involved numerous federal and state
agencies working together to fight health care fraud in Louisiana.
“I applaud my Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and our law
enforcement partners for their efforts to end criminal activity,” said General
Landry. “These top-notch professionals aggressively work to protect our most
vulnerable citizens and vigorously prosecute criminals who prey on them.”
“Medicaid welfare fraud jeopardizes healthcare resources
for Louisiana’s poor and steals from our State’s taxpayers,” continued General
Landry. “This unlawful and immoral act is especially heinous when perpetuated
by people who are supposed to be taking care of our State’s most needy.”
“My office and I will not waver in ruling out waste,
fraud, and abuse in Medicaid so we can help protect this welfare program for
people who really need the assistance,” concluded General Landry. “This year's
Takedown further intensifies our commitment to find, arrest, and prosecute
Medicaid welfare fraudsters.”
With the invaluable assistance of the U.S. Department of
Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services-Office of Inspector General, and local law enforcement – General
Landry’s MFCU made the following arrests as part of the Takedown:
- Dana
Nickson, 41 of Lafayette, on three counts of Medicaid Fraud.
- Faljaray
Lewis, 30 of Rayne, on two counts of Medicaid Fraud.
- Shenell
Mack, 38 of New Orleans, on seven counts of Medicaid Fraud.
- Maurice
O’Brien, 32 of Lake Charles, on two counts of Medicaid Fraud.
- Daejah
Dixon, 23 of Providence, on one count of Medicaid Fraud and one count of
filing or maintaining false public records.
- Valerie
Siggers, 46 of Providence, on two counts of Medicaid Fraud and one count
of filing or maintaining false public records.
- Kenneth
Lee, 56 of Amite, one count of filing or maintaining false public records.
- Athena
Mitchell, 20 of Shreveport, on three counts of Medicaid Fraud and one
count of criminal conspiracy to commit Medicaid Fraud.
- Roderick
Davis, Jr., 27 of Many, on two counts of Medicaid Fraud and one count of
criminal conspiracy to commit Medicaid Fraud.
- Roderick
Davis, Sr., 48 of Many, on one count of Medicaid Fraud and one count of
exploitation of the infirmed.
- Keyvette
Fisher, 38 of Pineville, on two counts of Medicaid Fraud.
- Jelisa
Pierre, 27 of New Orleans, on two counts of Medicaid Fraud.
- Chitara
Ussin, 30 of Harvey, on four counts of Medicaid Fraud.
- Delilah
Martin, 50 of Addis, on four counts of Medicaid Fraud.
- Shelia
Dixon, 57 of New Orleans, on one count of Medicaid Fraud and one count of
forgery.
- Arenda
Jackson, 43 of Maringouin, on two counts of Medicaid Fraud.
- Shanika
Pickney, 37 of Port Barre, on four counts of Medicaid Fraud.
- Tonya
Skinner, 49 of Monroe, on one count of Medicaid Fraud and one count of
filing or maintaining false public records.
- Rosalyn
Blocker, 40 of Bastrop, on four counts of Medicaid Fraud.
- Coletta
Bates, 37 of Hammond, on one count of Medicaid Fraud and one count of
filing or maintaining false public records.
- Franchesta
Wheeler, 40 of Monroe, on one count of Medicaid Fraud and one count of
filing or maintaining false public records.
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