Michigan – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel said that three people from Michigan have been charged in connection with an alleged plan to defraud the state’s Medicaid transportation reimbursement program.
Last week, Bernice Marie Pate, 51, of Inkster, was charged in the 54B District Court in East Lansing. She faces 10 charges of Medicaid Fraud—False Claim, each of which could result in up to four years in jail. Wanda Rose Spivey, 55, from Taylor, and Ashley Eliza Mendoza, 34, from Detroit, were also charged with five counts of the same crime in the same court earlier this week.
The case is about Michigan’s Medicaid transportation benefit, which pays registered participants for the miles they drive to approved medical visits. The idea employs a smartphone app that uses GPS data to keep track of how far people travel. This makes the process easier. A payment card that can be used like a regular debit card is loaded with money for the trip once it has been validated…