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TexasTowelie

(117,533 posts) Sat Jul 23, 2016, 08:56 AM Jul 2016

70-year-old Anchorage woman accused of illegally obtaining more than $330K in Medicaid funds

Federal prosecutors announced Thursday a 70-year-old Anchorage woman has been charged with illegally obtaining $337,149 in Medicaid funds over four years.

Mee Chong Collins submitted numerous fraudulent timesheets from February 2009 to June 2013, claiming her family members provided personal health care attendant services to four Medicaid recipients, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Alaska. She faces a single count of health care fraud.

The grand jury indictment against Collins says the services were never provided.

An initial court date for Collins has not yet been set by the court, prosecutors said.

http://www.adn.com/alaska-news/crime-courts/2016/07/21/70-year-old-anchorage-woman-accused-of-illegally-obtaining-more-than-330k-in-medicaid-funds/

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70-year-old Anchorage woman accused of illegally obtaining more than $330K in Medicaid funds (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2016 OP

Not from Wasilla, then... LOL.... nt MADem Jul 2016 #1

Sarah's 70? misterhighwasted Jul 2016 #2

I was thinking more like a relative.... MADem Jul 2016 #3

LOL..edited my post to reflect "rofl" misterhighwasted Jul 2016 #6

This happens more than one thinks. Wellstone ruled Jul 2016 #4

The heading is a tad misleading. This woman provided services to medicaid recipients, or shraby Jul 2016 #5

MADem

(135,425 posts)

1. Not from Wasilla, then... LOL.... nt

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 08:57 AM

Jul 2016

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)

2. Sarah's 70?

Reply to MADem (Reply #1)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 09:28 AM

Jul 2016

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MADem

(135,425 posts)

3. I was thinking more like a relative....

Reply to misterhighwasted (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 09:35 AM

Jul 2016

They seem to be a family of grifters....

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)

6. LOL..edited my post to reflect "rofl"

Reply to MADem (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 01:16 PM

Jul 2016

I believe there are a few we haven't heard of..

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)

4. This happens more than one thinks.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 10:09 AM

Jul 2016

With all the Budget cuts that the Rethugs have placed on Health and Human Services,the first to go were the Investigators and Auditors,gee what could go wrong with that outcome. This is just the tip of the fraud Iceberg.

shraby

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5. The heading is a tad misleading. This woman provided services to medicaid recipients, or

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 10:46 AM

Jul 2016

pretended to provide services. She wasn't the one receiving the care that Medicaid provided, she just milked the system.
There's a big difference.

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