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Bridgeport Woman Sentenced For ID Theft, Health Care Fraud Bridgeport Woman Sentenced For ID Theft, Health Care Fraud
Bridgeport Woman Sentenced For ID Theft, Health Care Fraud A woman from Fairfield County is heading to prison after admitting to her role in stealing identifying information of more than 150 Medicaid patients to steal more than a million dollars. Bridgeport resident Nikkita Chesney, 46, was sentenced in Bridgeport district court to seven months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for her role in a Medicaid fraud scheme. Chesney pleaded guilty in October last year to one count of health care fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. She must also pay restitution of $1,369,654.57. In May 2012, Chesney was employed by a…

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Woman Faces $2.5M Restitution After Admitting Role In Fraud Scheme Woman Faces $2.5M Restitution After Admitting Role In Fraud Scheme
Woman Faces $2.5M Restitution After Admitting Role In Fraud Scheme A Fairfield County woman has admitted to her role in an elaborate scheme to defraud Medicaid for services they never provided. Toshirea Jackson of Bridgeport has pleaded guilty in Bridgeport district court to one count of healthcare fraud for participating in a scheme involving two businesses she co-owned in Connecticut. Beginning in 2012, Jackson and Juliet Jacob operated Transitional Development and Training and It Takes A Promise in Bridgeport, which provided social and psychotherapy services. U.S. Attorney John Durham said that an investigation into the two businesses found that t…

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Bridgeport Woman Admits To Million-Dollar Medicaid Fraud Scheme Bridgeport Woman Admits To Million-Dollar Medicaid Fraud Scheme
Bridgeport Woman Admits To Million-Dollar Medicaid Fraud Scheme A Fairfield County woman has admitted to her role in stealing the identifying information of about 150 Medicaid patients to steal more than a million dollars. Bridgeport resident Nikkita Chesney, a former employee of a health care provider in Bridgeport, pleaded guilty this week to one count of health care fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft for stealing the information from the patients which led to the billing of Medicaid for services never provided. In May 2012, Chesney was employed by a healthcare provider that offered substance abuse treatment, including a detoxification p…

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Four Women Nabbed In $35K Fairfield County Substance Abuse Kickback Scheme Four Women Nabbed In $35K Fairfield County Substance Abuse Kickback Scheme
Four Women Nabbed In $35K Fairfield County Substance Abuse Kickback Scheme Four women were arrested by Connecticut State Police for taking part in a Fairfield County substance abuse kickback scheme that netted them $35K.  An investigation into the scheme began in November 2017 after the state police Major Crime Squad received information of the suspected misuse of state funds within a substance abuse treatment program called Access to Recovery, state police said. The program is funded by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and is run through Advanced Behavioral Health, a non-profit company.  According to state police, the scheme was uncovered a…

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