2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown
Additional information and case materials will be posted to this webpage as they become available.
Cases Filed in Federal Court
Middle District of Alabama
- New Life Center for Change, Inc. d/b/a Teen University, located in Phenix City, Alabama, and its owner, Alfonza Smith, 72, of Smiths Station, Alabama reached a civil settlement to pay $300,000.00 to resolve allegations that the company billed the Alabama Medicaid Agency for Basic Living Skills services for at-risk children in its care, when, in fact, the services never took place. The case was settled by Assistant U.S. Attorney MaryLou E. Bowdre of the Middle District of Alabama and the Alabama Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
District of Arizona
- Susie Kamien, 55, of West Chester, Illinois, was charged by information with conspiracy to commit health care fraud in connection with submitting over $918…
CLICK HERE to read the FULL Criminal Division | Case Summaries – Department of Justice article.
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