PHOENIX – Two Mesa residents were each sentenced to at least a year in prison for defrauding Arizona’s Medicaid agency out of over $3 million, authorities announced Friday.
Eric Riley, 39, and Britney Gooch, 38, previously pleaded guilty to health care fraud, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona.
Riley was sentenced to two years in prison on Feb. 6, and Gooch was sentenced to one year on Feb. 20. They were also ordered to pay the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) $3.3 million in restitution…