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AG Balderas Secures Conviction of Former Personal Care Organization Owner Who Defrauded Medicaid Program of Over $400,000

Santa Fe, NM – On January 8, 2021, Attorney General Hector Balderas announced that the Office of the Attorney General has secured a guilty plea from Lolita Begay-Yazzie to one count of Fraud in excess of $20,000, a second degree felony, and one count of Failure to Retain Documents, a fourth degree felony for defrauding New Mexico's Medicaid program of over $400,000. Begay-Yazzie owned and operated a personal care agency in Gallup, New Mexico.

Read more on www.nmag.gov

Action Details

  • Date:January 8, 2021
  • Agency:New Mexico Attorney General
  • Enforcement Types:
    • State Enforcement Agencies