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Minnesota Attorney General Announces Medicaid Fraud Charges Against 7 Providers
Authorities say Christine Marie Pryor used stolen therapist identities and fake credentials to serve 169 Medicaid recipients and collect $108,000.
- Christine Marie Pryor of Fargo faces 12 felony charges in Clay County for allegedly defrauding Minnesota's Medicaid program of more than $150,000 through identity theft and false credentials.
- Pryor allegedly used fake Capella University degrees and the identities of three licensed professionals without their knowledge to work as an unlicensed counselor at Lakeland Mental Health Center in Lakeland and The Lotus Center in Moorhead.
- While claiming to provide services to more than 160 clients, Pryor reportedly collected $108,000 of the defrauded funds, prompting UCare to refer the case to the Minnesota Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
- The charges are part of a broader crackdown where seven providers faced more than $700,000 in Medicaid fraud allegations; Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison stated the unit is working to "hold Medicaid fraudsters accountable."
- Following the May 2026 passage of the Medical Assistance Protection Act, the unit gained enhanced legal tools to prosecute fraud. Since 2019, it has secured more than 340 convictions for Medicaid fraud.
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