INDIANAPOLIS — Four people are facing multiple charges for their alleged roles in a scheme that investigators say enabled a home health agency based in Indianapolis to receive over $10 million in fraudulent funds from Indiana’s Medicaid program.
According to court documents obtained by FOX59/CBS4, 26-year-old Faith Casas and 39-year-old Alexander Byrnes face the following preliminary charges:
- 16 counts of Fraud (Level 4 Felonies)
- 35 counts of Fraud (Level 5 Felonies)
- Fraud (Level 6 Felony)
Efforts to conceal ownership
On April 25, 2025, an investigator with the Indiana Attorney General’s Office began investigating the trio after the Indiana Department of Health received a complaint alleging that Byrnes, in his capacity as the owner of Senior Home Care, had approved fake caregiver hours into the company’s reporting system for any unused client hours. The complaint also asserted that Byrnes and the company had prior charges for Medicaid fraud.
The anonymous tip claimed that, if the caregiver was absent, clients would be sent money for the caregiver’s hours via Cash App. Court documents revealed that certified data from Indiana Family and Social Services Administration and the Managed Care Entities that were contracted to provide portions of the Indiana Medicaid program, Senior Home Care received $10,922,435.54 between September 2023 and August 2025…