SHREVEPORT, La. — A Shreveport couple has been arrested for government benefits fraud for allegedly making expensive purchases while concealing their income to receive Medicaid benefits, the attorney general’s office said.
The Louisiana Bureau of Investigation received a criminal referral from the Louisiana Department of Health resulting in the arrests of Ebony Taylor, 42, and her husband, Andre Jackson, 39, of Simpson Road in Shreveport.
LBI found that Taylor fraudulently applied for and received Medicaid benefits for herself and her dependents between 2017 and 2025. In her applications, Taylor repeatedly reported an income of $750 bi-weekly and failed to disclose her marital status or household income with Jackson. During the same period, Jackson also applied for and received Medicaid benefits, claiming no income from 2017 through 2023…