JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Officials with the U.S. Attorney’s Office said several people agreed to pay nearly $174,000 to resolve allegations that they knowingly falsified income to unlawfully create eligibility for Mississippi Medicaid health care benefits for their dependents.
The former Medicaid recipients are Rajwinder Kaur and Kawaldeep Singh; Narinder Kaur and Prabhdeep Momi; Bobby and Priyalpreet Babber; Gurinder and Mehaknoor Babber; and Navdeep Basra.
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According to prosecutors, the former recipients, who were either officers, registered agents, members or owners of convenience stores, gas stations, liquor stores, restaurants or other businesses, falsely represented on various Mississippi Medicaid health care benefit applications and renewals that their respective household derived a nominal amount of income from employment.
Officials with the U.S. Attorney’s Office said they misrepresented their earned income, causing the Mississippi Division of Medicaid (MDOM) to pay health care coverage benefits to which they were not entitled…