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Licensed Attorney Pleads Guilty to Defrauding the District's Medicaid Program

Maryland Woman Sentenced to 13 Months for Defrauding District Medicaid Program

Businessman Sentenced to 14 Months in Prison for Paying Bribes to Federal and D.C. Employees

Maryland Woman Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Medicaid Program Out of Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars

Owners and Former Employee of Heath Care company Facing Federal Charges for Allegedly Paying Kickbacks to Homeless Patients and Fraudulently Billing Medicaid

Former Nursing Home Employee and Home Health Aide Arrested in Two Separate Cases Involving Financial Exploitation of Elderly and Vulnerable Adults

Maryland Woman Sentenced for Committing Health Care Fraud; Government Continues Crackdown on People Who Defraud Medicaid

WASHINGTON – Latonja Dashawn Carrera (a.k.a. Latonja Dashawn Martin), 46, was arrested on December 8, 2020, and charged via criminal complaint with felony Financial Exploitation of an Elderly Person, in violation of D.C. Code § 22-933.01. On the same day, Kim Renee West, 56, pled guilty pursuant to a Deferred Sentencing Agreement to one count of misdemeanor Financial Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult, in violation of the same code provision.

Former Office of Tax and Revenue Head of Collections Sentenced for Paying Bribes to OTR Official to Help Consulting Client

Former D.C. Government Employee Sentenced to 12 Months and a Day in Prison for Fraud Scheme that Cost Government More than $880,000