LANSING, Mich. (WJRT) – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced criminal charges against four Michigan residents as part of a national health care fraud takedown, including an Isabella County woman.
The charges were announced as part of the U.S. Department of Justice’s National Health Care Fraud Takedown. The campaign is a nationwide law enforcement action targeting defendants for their alleged participation in health care fraud.
Claudia Payne, 47, of Mt. Pleasant, was charged with five counts of Medicaid Fraud — False Claim in the 54B District Court in East Lansing. Payne was allegedly paid by Medicaid to provide caretaking services for an elderly disabled man in Mt. Pleasant between October 2023 and November 2024 but failed to provide these services and left the victim severely neglected…