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Leslie K. Lassen

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Linden Woman Stole $350K In Years-Long Medicaid Fraud Scheme: Prosecutor Linden Woman Stole $350K In Years-Long Medicaid Fraud Scheme: Prosecutor
Linden Woman Stole $350K In Years-Long Medicaid Fraud Scheme: Prosecutor A 39-year-old Linden woman was arrested on accusations she stole nearly $350,000 through bogus Medicaid claims, authorities said. Leslie K. Lassen filed numerous falsified documents with Medicaid in which she under-reported her household income between January 2015 and December 2019, Union County Prosecutor William A. Daniel announced. In June 2020, the Prosecutor’s Office received a trip from the New Jersey Medicaid Fraud Division pertaining to the theft of Medicaid funds by Lassen, said Assistant Prosecutor Melissa Spagnoli, who is handling the case.  Based upon those bogus sub…

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