Attorney General Raúl Torrez Files Lawsuit Alleging Over $1.6 Million in Fraudulent Medicaid Claims and Identity Theft of Children

Silver City, NM – The New Mexico Department of Justice and its Medicaid Fraud and Elder Abuse Bureau have filed a lawsuit against two operators of Kids in Need of Support Services (KISS), a nonprofit afterschool program in Silver City, for a combined 91 counts of fraud and identity theft. The complaint alleges that program operators Susanne Kee and Bethanne Kee-Medran knowingly submitted at least $1,626,496 in fraudulent Medicaid claims for services that were never rendered while illegally using both adult and children’s social security numbers, falsely representing psychological disorders and more.

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