Attorney General Hanaway Obtains Medicaid Fraud Conviction Against Medicaid Recipient, Attendants For Services Billed While In Jail

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) obtained Medicaid Fraud convictions against Medicaid recipient Ronale Rankins and his attendants, Charlene Otey and Tifiney Lothridge, who received payment for services while Rankins was incarcerated. Rankins collaborated with his attendants, telling them to continue clocking in and out as if they were still providing services to him while he was incarcerated, so they could continue splitting the money.

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