Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Arrests Three Florida Women for Allegedly Bilking Medicaid Out of $27,000

Lance Leider headshotBy Lance Leider, J.D., The Health Law Firm

Three Central Florida women were arrested by the Attorney General’s (AG) Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) on July 18, 2013, for allegedly defrauding Medicaid out of $27,000. According to the AG, the owner and two managers of Destiny TCM Corporation are accused of billing Medicaid for services never rendered and also bribing people in order to obtain their Medicaid recipient numbers.

To read the press release from the AG’s office, click here.

Violated Medicaid Fraud Kickback Statute.

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