SHREVEPORT, La. - A Bienville Parish woman is among 18 defendants indicted in nine federal districts across the U.S. for their alleged participation in various COVID-19 fraud schemes.
United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown joins with the Department of Justice in announcing criminal charges against 18 defendants in 9 federal districts across the United States for their alleged participation in various fraud schemes involving health care services that exploited the COVID-19 pandemic and allegedly resulted in over $490 million in COVID-19 related false billings to federal programs and theft from federally-funded pandemic programs.
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After a week-long trial, a federal jury convicted the former CEO of St. Gabriel Health Clinic Inc. for conducting a multi-year, multi-million-dollar scheme to defraud the Louisiana Medicaid Program.
Federal jury convicted former health clinic CEO for defrauding Louisiana Medicaid Program for years. St. Gabriel Health Clinic practitioners, at Victor Clark Kirk’s direction, falsely diagnosed students with mental health disorders, billed Medicaid for group psychotherapy.