Three Charged with Medicaid Fraud in Alleged Transportation Scheme

LANSING – Yesterday, Bernice Marie Pate, 51, of Inkster, was arraigned in the 54B District Court in East Lansing for allegedly exploiting a Medicaid transportation program, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Pate has been charged with 10 counts of Medicaid Fraud – False Claim, each a 4-year felony. Earlier this week, Wanda Rose Spivey, 55, of Taylor, and Ashley Eliza Mendoza, 34, of Detroit, were arraigned in the 54B District Court for allegedly defrauding the same program. Spivey and Mendoza each face 5 counts of Medicaid Fraud – False Claim.

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