BATON ROUGE, LA - Attorney General Jeff Landry today announced the
arrests of two women on Medicaid Fraud charges, whose alleged crimes costed the
State over $10,000.
“My office will not rest in our pursuit of those who rob
much needed services from our State’s most vulnerable,” said Attorney General
Jeff Landry. “Our award winning fraud detection and prevention unit remains
committed to uncovering, investigating, and arresting those who attempt to
defraud the system.”
Amanda Hollins, 31
of Ruston, was arrested and booked into the
East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on four counts of Medicaid Fraud for allegedly
submitting timesheets and service logs for services not rendered.
Erica French, 34 of New Orleans, was arrested and
booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on three counts of Medicaid
Fraud for allegedly falsifying official records which indicated she had seen a
number of patients who she actually had not.
Medicaid fraud occurs when providers use the Medicaid
program to obtain money to which they are not entitled. To report Medicaid
fraud or abuse and neglect in residential care facilities, please call Attorney
General Jeff Landry’s Medicaid Fraud Hotline at 888-799-6885 or visit www.AGJeffLandry.com.
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