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Mental Health Counselor Receives Six-Year Prison Sentence for Defrauding Medicaid of $6.1 Million

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A mental health counselor who admitted overseeing a health care scheme that defrauded Medicaid of at least $6.1 million for sham mental and behavioral health services was sentenced to 72 months in prison today, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Linda Smoot Radeker, 72, of Shelby, N.C. was also sentenced to serve two years under court supervision and to pay $6,156,674.68 as restitution to Medicaid.

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Action Details

  • Date:August 8, 2013
  • Agency:U.S. Attorney
  • Enforcement Types:
    • Criminal and Civil Actions