Attorney General Griffin Announces Conviction of Little Rock Woman for Medicaid Fraud

LITTLE ROCK – Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing the conviction of a Little Rock woman for Medicaid fraud: “On September 24, Ameshia Burt, 30, of Little Rock pleaded guilty to one count of Medicaid fraud, a Class A misdemeanor. She was sentenced to six months of jail (suspended), ordered to pay a $500 fine plus court costs, and ordered to pay $752 to the Arkansas Medicaid Program. Burt was a caregiver who claimed to provide services to a Medicaid beneficiary while the beneficiary was a patient in a hospital, but those services were never provided.

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