Medicaid service providers sentenced for false statements resulting in overbilling

Two sisters from Moyock, North Carolina — Chenelle Wright and Chaniece Winfield — received prison sentences for submitting false claims to Medicaid related to mental health services. The fraudulent activity resulted in overbilling the federal-state insurance program. The case was prosecuted by the U.S. Department of Justice's Eastern District of Virginia.

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