SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) – Two women from Shreveport are facing charges for reportedly defrauding Medicaid and SNAP. One of them has been arrested and one remains at-large, the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office says.
The Louisiana Bureau of Investigation (LBI) says they got a criminal referral from the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) about Tanesha Bowman, 39, who had allegedly defrauded Medicaid and SNAP. LDH also said a former employee of theirs, Juleah Seazer, 33, had participated in defrauding Medicaid.
The AG’s office says during the investigation, LBI found out that Seazer, a former customer service rep for LDH, had helped her friend, Bowman, in a scheme to illegally reinstate Bowman’s Medicaid benefits. LDH had previously ended Bowman’s benefits when they found out she had failed to report her true marital status and household income.
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