DALLAS, TX – A Lubbock woman has been sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining and cashing Medicaid checks intended to pay for care for her severely disabled son.
Judy Terecia Sanchez, 60, was sentenced on February 19, 2026, by U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix after pleading guilty in July 2025 to one count of bank fraud.
Judge Hendrix sentenced Sanchez to 204 months in federal prison and ordered her to pay $227,377 in restitution to Texas Health and Human Services…