FRANKFORT, Ky. (FOX 56) — A southern Indiana woman has been convicted of defrauding Kentucky’s Medicaid program out of nearly $71,000.
Attorney General Russell Coleman announced on Tuesday, Feb. 24, that Sylvia Townsend-Marlow, 56, of Corydon, Indiana, was convicted of two counts of presenting fraudulent claims to defraud Kentucky’s Medical Assistance Program and five counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree.
According to the attorney general’s office, Townsend-Marlow submitted fraudulent timesheets to Kentucky’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services over two years. She received nearly $71,000…