Agents with Attorney General Liz Murrill's Louisiana Bureau of Investigation arrested a Slidell woman for Government Benefits Fraud.

35-year-old Candace M. Taylor, of Rousset Ridge in Slidell, was arrested on Monday, July 28, 2025.

Special Agents assigned to the Louisiana Bureau of Investigation, the criminal investigative division of the Louisiana Department of Justice, received a complaint from the Louisiana Department of Health in reference to Taylor allegedly committing Medicaid Recipient Fraud. The complaint alleged that Taylor underreported her income in order to receive Medicaid benefits.

According to arrest records, between 2020 and 2024 Taylor engaged in a series of actions to apply for and receive Medicaid benefits through misrepresentation, concealment, and non-disclosure of required information. In May of 2019, she applied under the alias "Candace Sailor," in which she reported her income as $1,900 bi-weekly and claimed no dependents. This application was denied due to exceeding the income threshold. Less than one year later, on March 23, 2020, she re-applied using the same misspelled name. Taylor was also inconsistent with the years she reported having a dependent, according to arrest records.

The affidavit reveals agents discovered that Taylor is the owner of six different companies. That led them to secure a subpoena for Taylor's tax records from the Louisiana Department of Revenue, which were produced in April 2025, which "further supported evidence of misrepresentation."

The affidavit states that between January 2020 and December 2024, Taylor's multiple businesses collectively generated over $9.5 million in revenue across various accounts controlled by her. Some of the noteworthy observations included in the affidavit reveal:

• In 2020, despite being approved for Medicaid and claiming to possess no income, her account recorded deposits totaling $480,994.09, with over $325,000 directly attributable from her business activities. Furthermore, considerable transfers and payments were disbursed from this account, including:
• $45,086.65 in vehicle payments to Audi Finance (June 3, 2021, through December 31, 2024)
• Multiple six-figure withdrawals via cashier's checks, which funded property purchases, cosmetic surgery, high-end jewelry, and luxury services
• A $100,000 wire transfer to Tactical Fleet, an exotic car dealership, followed by a $13,000 debit card transaction for the acquisition of a 2022 Lamborghini Urus  

"From 2021 through 2024, Ms. Taylor continued to transfer tens of thousands of dollars between her personal and business accounts, with personal inflows consistently exceeding the eligibility thresholds for Medicaid," the affidavit directly states.

In 2024, just two months after the purchase of the Lamborghini, Taylor contacted LDH to renew her Medicaid benefits, she falsely declared employment with a business alleging an income of $4,000 per month, while omitting the fact that she was the business owner, according to arrest records. Agents also saw several social media posts made by Taylor on Facebook and Instagram highlighting her luxury acquisitions.

After conducting a criminal investigation into the complaint and learning that Taylor did unlawfully receive Medicaid benefits, Special Agents secured an arrest warrant for violations of Louisiana laws, prohibited acts as defined by L.R.S. 14:70.9 Government Benefits Fraud.

On July 28, Taylor was placed under arrest and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.

The investigation is ongoing.