2 Arizona Medicaid fraud cases in court this week total $75 million

A Peoria man was indicted and a San Tan Valley woman was sentenced this week in state Medicaid fraud cases involving about $75 million.

Rita Anagho was sentenced to 14 years in prison for bilking the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, or AHCCCS, out of about $55 million, which she will have to pay back.

Federal prosecutors say many Native American patients were targeted in Anagho’s addiction treatment scam…

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