Three Michigan residents have been charged with Medicaid fraud over a mileage reimbursement program intended for taking patients to medical appointments, the Michigan Attorney General’s office said.
Ashley Eliza Mendoza, 34, of Detroit, is facing five counts of Medicaid fraud-false claim; Bernice Marie Pate, 51, of Inkster, is charged with 10 counts of Medicaid fraud-false claim; and Wanda Rose Spivey, 55, of Taylor, is facing five counts of Medicaid fraud-false claim.
The three were arraigned in recent days in 54-B District Court in East Lansing, state prosecutors said:…