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It Takes A Promise

Ex-Fairfield County Doctor Sentenced To Prison For Her Role In $2.5M Medicaid Fraud Schemes Ex-Fairfield County Doctor Sentenced To Prison For Her Role In $2.5M Medicaid Fraud Schemes
Ex-Fairfield County Doctor Sentenced To Prison For Her Role In $2.5M Medicaid Fraud Schemes A doctor in Fairfield County will spend time behind bars after admitting to her role in a pair of schemes to defraud Medicaid out of more than $2.5 million. Juliet Jacob, formerly of Bridgeport, was sentenced to one year and a day in prison after she pleaded guilty in Bridgeport District Court to one count of health care fraud stemming from a scheme that lasted several years last year. She must also pay a total of $2,711,173 in restitution connected to the schemes. Beginning in January 2012, Jacob and another person operated Traditional Development and Training and It Takes A Promise in Bri…
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…
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…