CT marital and family therapist allegedly filed $140K+ in fraudulent Medicaid claims

CT marital and family therapist allegedly filed $140K+ in fraudulent Medicaid claims

A Wethersfield therapist is accused of submitting more than $140,000 in fraudulent claims to Medicaid for counseling sessions that “were not performed.” Ivette Betancourt, 60, was arrested on Oct. 22 by inspectors from the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in the Office of the Chief State’s Attorney and charged with one count of first-degree larceny by defrauding a public community and one count of health insurance fraud, according to the Connecticut …