BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A Zachary home health care business owner has pleaded guilty to a racketeering charge related to a Medicaid fraud scheme.
The Advocate (https://bit.ly/1ROm8pt ) reports that 38-year-old Chanda Hall pleaded guilty Monday and faces up to 50 years in prison under Louisiana’s racketeering statute.
A state audit found that Hall’s company, Empowering Care Services LLC, fraudulently billed Medicaid for services never provided by caregivers.
The office of the state attorney general said Hall violated the Louisiana Racketeering Act by making illegal payments to Medicaid recipients, keeping false records and funneling the money into other businesses. The case involved the theft of about $1.1 million from the state.
Hall’s attorney, Gail Ray, said the use of the racketeering statute was a stretch. Hall will be sentenced in June in Baton Rouge state court.
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Information from: The Advocate, https://theadvocate.com
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