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A former home-care nursing agency operator in southwestern Minnesota was sentenced to nearly eight years for cheating Medicaid out of more than $1.8 million by submitting several thousand false claims over three years.
Remona L. Brown, 55, was sentenced last week after jurors convicted her in May on several counts of aiding and abetting fraud in connection with the scheme that centered on the now defunct Caring & Compassionate Healthcare Agency in Worthington.
Brown, of Lansing, Mich., will serve the first five years in prison and the balance on supervised release.
Her sentence calls for her to make full restitution for the $1,860,155.57 that she was convicted of stealing.
Former SW Minnesota care agency operator gets 7¾-year terms for cheating Medicaid out of $1 8M
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SW Minnesota jurors convict onetime home care agency operator of more than $1.8M in Medicaid fraud Nearly 6,000 claims were submitted from 2012 to 2015, according to the Minnesota Attorney General s Office. May 13, 2021 12:31pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Jurors in southwestern Minnesota have convicted a former home care nursing agency operator of cheating Medicaid out of more than $1.8 million by submitting several thousand false claims during a multiyear scheme.
Remona L. Brown, of East Lansing, Mich., was found guilty Tuesday in Nobles County District Court on all 14 counts of aiding and abetting fraud in connection with the scheme from 2012 to 2015 involving the now-defunct Caring & Compassionate Healthcare Agency in Worthington.