Attorney General Hanaway Secures Additional Guilty Plea in Medicaid Fraud Scheme For Services Billed While in Jail

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) has secured a Medicaid fraud conviction against Melissa Bates, who orchestrated false personal care service claims while her daughter, Dajah Sanders, was incarcerated in the St. Louis County Justice Center. Bates used her own phone to clock Sanders in and out as if services were being provided, enabling Sanders to receive payments for care she could not have performed.

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