BATON ROUGE, LA – Attorney General Jeff Landry’s Office
has arrested Bob Glynn Dean, Jr. – the owner of seven Louisiana nursing
homes that evacuated to a warehouse in Independence prior to Hurricane
Ida. Dean, 68 of Thomaston (GA), has been charged in Tangipahoa Parish with
eight felony counts of Cruelty to Persons with Infirmities, five felony counts
of Medicaid Fraud, and two felony counts of Obstruction of Justice.
The arrest comes after a joint investigation by the
Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) and his Louisiana Bureau
of Investigations (LBI) revealed Dean refused to move his residents out of the
warehouse following Hurricane Ida, billed Medicaid for dates his residents were
not receiving proper care, and engaged in conduct intended to intimidate or
obstruct public health officials and law enforcement.
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Office of Inspector General assisted the MFCU and LBI. Additional legal action
may be filed in the future as the investigation by the Attorney
General’s Office is still ongoing.