Metro Atlanta business owner pleads guilty to Medicaid fraud, fake genetic testing services

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr announced a Lawrenceville business owner pled guilty to defrauding Medicaid of $330,000.

According to the Attorney General’s Office, Averil Johnson, 47 of Lawrenceville, pled guilty to two counts of Medicaid Fraud for filing false claims for genetic testing services that were never given.

Carr’s office said Johnson was ordered to pay restitution and will serve a 10-year sentence, with one in prison and the rest on probation…

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