NEW BERN, N.C. (WITN) – A $12.7 million Medicaid fraud scheme in Eastern Carolina has led to four prison sentences and the seizure of millions of dollars.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Keke Johnson, 53, of Goldsboro; Francine Super, 64, of Kinston; Brandon Sims, 40, Manvel, Texas; and Kimberly Sims, 39, Snow Hill, ran Life Touch, LLC, a substance abuse company in Kinston and Goldsboro, and 1st Choice Healthcare Services, a urine drug screening company in Kinston.
The feds say Johnson was a compliance officer, and Super, mother of both Sims, was the office manager of the Kinston location. The older Sims owned Life Touch, while the younger Sims owned 1st Choice Healthcare.
Over five years, prosecutors say Johnson and Super oversaw more than $1 million in illegal kickbacks to lure their drug-using patients to show up for services that Medicaid would pay for.
The older Sims, who lived in…
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