Louisiana Attorney General's Office Arrests Five on Medicaid Fraud Charges

April 2, 2007: (Baton Rouge, LA) — Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr., announced today that the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) has arrested five individuals in an alleged scheme to defraud the Louisiana Medicaid Program.

According to MFCU Special Agents, Kendall Williams, 1733 Blanchet Drive, was arrested on March 30, 2007 on seven counts of Medicaid Fraud and 29 counts of Filing or Maintaining False Public Records. Williams is the former owner/president of Fresh Start, Inc., a mental health rehabilitation provider, that closed its office in November 2006.

Article continues below...

The following former employees of Fresh Start, Inc. have also been arrested on charges of Medicaid Fraud and Filing or Maintaining False Public Records:

Courtney Ledet
101 Bryan Street
Lafayette, Louisiana
Date of Arrest: March 30, 2007
2 counts of Medicaid Fraud
10 counts of Filing or Maintaining False Public Records

Sean Franklin
604 N. Adams Ave.
Rayne, Louisiana
Date of Arrest: March 29, 2007 in Beaumont, Texas by the Beaumont Police Department.
3 counts of Medicaid Fraud
25 counts of Filing or Maintaining False Public Records

Anita Feist
208 E. Musique Road
Carencro, Louisiana
Date of Arrest: March 27, 2007
11 counts of Medicaid Fraud
25 counts of Filing or Maintaining False Public Records

Lucy Plowden
1712 Society Street
Abbeville, Louisiana 70510
Date of Arrest: March 27, 2007
3 counts of Medicaid Fraud
8 counts of Filing or Maintaining False Public Records

The charge of Medicaid Fraud carries a possible sentence of imprisonment with or without hard labor up to five years, fined not more than $20,000, or both.

The charge of Filing or Maintaining False Public Records carries a possible sentence imprisonment up to five years, fine not more than $5,000.00, or both.

To report suspected Medicaid Fraud, please contact the Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit at 1-888-799-6885.

Source: Louisiana Attorney General