Created: January 27, 2021 03:54 PM
Wednesday, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced his office charged eight people with 46 total counts of felony theft in connection to a long-running fraud scheme.
Ellison s office said the scheme cost Minnesota s Medical Assistance program more than $860,000.
According to Ellison s office, Trenea Deshawn Davis, of Brooklyn Center, faces 11 felony theft charges. Authorities said she admitted to being the ringleader of the scheme, and told investigators she recruited family and friends to feign or exaggerate medical conditions to qualify them for personal care assistant (PCA) services. She then had others report providing services that never happened and coordinated check-splitting arrangements with PCAs, recipients and herself. Ellison s office said some members of her fraud ring were living or receiving public help in Louisiana, where Davis is originally from, during times, Medicaid paid for care that was being reported
Minnesota Attorney General charges 8 people in $860K Medicaid fraud scheme
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(FOX 9) - Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison s office has charged eight people for their participation in a long-running Medicaid fraud scheme that amounted to more than $860,000.
Ellison s office announced Wednesday that the eight people are facing a collective 46 counts of felony theft.
Minnesotans who receive Medical Assistance have a right to expect that they’ll receive all the care, dignity, and respect they’re entitled to. Minnesotans trying to afford their lives have a right to expect that every one of their tax dollars will be put to use properly. People who commit Medicaid fraud violate both of those rights. My office is working aggressively to hold them accountable and will keep doing so, Attorney General Ellison said in the release.
8 people charged in Medicaid fraud scheme totaling $860K
Collectively, they re charged with 46 counts of felony theft.
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Eight people are accused of a long-running fraud scheme that cost Minnesota s Medicaid program more than $860,000, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison announced on Wednesday.
Eight people are charged in Hennepin County District Court with a collective 46 counts of felony theft, with the admitted ringleader of the scheme – Trenea Deshawn Davis, 46, of Brooklyn Center –charged with 11 felony theft charges for crimes dating back to at least 2014.
“Minnesotans who receive Medical Assistance have a right to expect that they’ll receive all the care, dignity, and respect they’re entitled to. Minnesotans trying to afford their lives have a right to expect that every one of their tax dollars will be put to use properly, Ellison said in a statement. People who commit Medicaid fraud violate both of those rights. My office is working aggressively