Warwick woman gets prison time in Medicaid fraud scheme
By: The Associated Press
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A Warwick woman charged with cheating Rhode Island’s Medicaid program out of more than $250,000 will spend six months behind bars.
The attorney general’s office reports Wednesday that 57-year-old Deborah Brown was sentenced this week to 10 years in prison, with four to serve.
She will spend the first six months in prison and 3 years in home confinement. She was also ordered to pay $263,000 in restitution.
Brown pleaded no contest last month to obtaining money under false pretenses, submitting false bills and failing to file tax returns.
Prosecutors say while she worked for a medical equipment and incontinence supply company, she submitted false bills to the state Medicaid program for medically unnecessary incontinence supplies, then withdrew the money from company accounts.
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