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CBS News
4 days ago
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- CBS News
Former Detroit pharmacist charged with Medicaid fraud will stand trial
A former Detroit pharmacist who was accused of filling prescriptions while his license was suspended is heading to trial, according to the Michigan Attorney General's office. Remigius Onimo, 64, of Solon, Ohio, was charged in April 2025 with one count of unauthorized practice as a health professional and two counts of Medicaid fraud. The AG's office says Onimo owned Divine Pharmacy in Detroit and held a license in Michigan in 2020 until it was suspended. Despite the suspension, Onimo allegedly continued to fill prescriptions, including those paid by Medicaid. "The overwhelming majority of medical professionals follow licensing rules and requirements to ensure patient safety," said Nessel at the time of Onimo's arraignment. "When individuals choose to disregard those standards, my Department will hold them accountable." Onimo is expected to appear in court on June 11.
Washington Post
20-05-2025
- Washington Post
20 people, health care business and church charged in sober living scheme in Arizona
PHOENIX — Twenty people, a mental health business and a church were charged in an indictment that alleged Arizona's Medicaid program was defrauded $60 million in a scheme involving billing for mental health treatment and addiction rehabilitation, the latest indictment in a series of crackdowns in the state focusing on sober living homes.
Associated Press
20-05-2025
- Associated Press
20 people, health care business and church charged in sober living scheme in Arizona
PHOENIX (AP) — Twenty people, a mental health business and a church were charged in an indictment that alleged Arizona's Medicaid program was defrauded $60 million in a scheme involving billing for mental health treatment and addiction rehabilitation, the latest indictment in a series of crackdowns in the state focusing on sober living homes. The indictment announced Tuesday alleged Happy House Behavioral Health LLC was paid the money for services that were either never provided or only partially completed and that there was billing for clients who were deceased and incarcerated. Authorities say sober living homes referred clients to the behavioral health business, which received money from the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System and then paid the homes for the clients in violation of state law. Money laundering charges alleged Happy House Behavioral Health paid $5 million in July 2023 to a Hope of Life International Church, which later wired $2 million to an entity in Rwanda. The charges against Happy House Behavioral Health include conspiracy, fraud, forgery, theft and money laundering. The Associated Press left emails with lawyers representing Happy House Behavioral Health and Hope of Life International Church. In all, more than 100 people and several companies have been charged in cases brought by Attorney General Kris Mayes' office in the state's crackdown on Medicaid fraud and unlicensed sober living homes, many of which targeted tribal community members. The state had suspended payments to more than 100 providers as part of the crackdown. The scam had left an unknown number of Native Americans homeless on the streets of metro Phoenix as fraudulent sober living homes lost their funding and turned former residents out onto the streets. Navajos account for most Native Americans grappling with addictions who have been affected by the scam. Navajo officials say that in some cases, people who ended up in the homes were picked up in unmarked vans and driven to the Phoenix area from faraway places on the sprawling Navajo Nation that stretches across northern Arizona, and parts of New Mexico and Utah.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Yahoo
Alleged Medicaid fraudster bought Cadillac, had pool installed, Louisiana attorney general says
Getty Images An Ascension Parish woman has been charged with three felonies for allegedly falsifying applications for Medicaid and food assistance. She reportedly collected more than $125,000 through the fraud scheme and used the money for luxury purchases, according to Attorney General Liz Murrill. Priscilla Jackson, 40, of Prairieville was arrested Thursday and booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Jail. The Louisiana Bureau of Investigation started a probe in November 2022 after the agency was forwarded fraud allegations from the Louisiana Department of Health. An internal LDH audit discovered Jackson had underreported her household income, didn't disclose she was married and failed to include financial support she received from her husband on her applications for Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from the state Department of Children and Family Services, the attorney general's office said. The money Jackson received from the fraudulent applications totaled more than $107,000 from the health department and $19,665 from DCFS, according to Murrill's office. Arrest records the attorney general referenced indicate Jackson's household bought a Cadillac Escalade for more than $110,000 and paid for a $70,000 pool installation during the time she allegedly obtained the benefits through fraud. Jackson and her children did not qualify for Medicaid from 2018-25, the records also noted. The felony charges against Jackson include one count each of unauthorized use of SNAP benefits, theft over $25,000 and government benefits fraud. There was no response to messages sent to two phone numbers listed under Jackson's address. Jackson's bond was set at $100,000. Information was not immediately available on whether she had posted bail. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
