Arizona woman sentenced to 14 years for Medicaid fraud scheme

San Tan Valley Addiction Treatment Clinic Owner Sentenced For $69 Million Medicaid Fraud Scheme

PHOENIX – A San Tan Valley addiction treatment clinic owner, Rita Ntusa Anagho, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for her role in fraudulently billing Arizona’s Medicaid agency more than $69 million in less than one year for addiction treatment therapy. The 54-year-old Anagho pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and...

Arizona woman sentenced to 14 years for Medicaid fraud scheme

A San Tan Valley nurse practitioner has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for her role in a healthcare fraud scheme involving Arizona’s Medicaid program. Rita Ntusa Anagho, 54, owned Tusa Integrated Clinic in San Tan Valley. Federal prosecutors said the clinic submitted more than $69 million in claims to AHCCCS between May […]

54-Year-Old Nurse Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison For $69m Medicaid Fr@ud In U.S. - Newsy People

A 54-year-old nurse practitioner, Rita Anagho, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for allegedly defr@uding Arizona’s Medicaid agency of more than

Nurse Rita Anagho Has Been Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison in the United States for A Massive Medicaid Fraud Scheme

She owned an addiction treatment clinic in Arizona. According to U.S. prosecutors, her clinic billed Medicaid more than $69 million for treatments, including some services that were never provided. The government said about $55 million was actually paid to her clinic. Prosecutors also said she paid people to bring patients to her clinic and used fake medical records to make the claims look real. She later pleaded guilty to fraud charges. Apart f…