MILWAUKEE — A Milwaukee woman is accused of defrauding Wisconsin Medicaid to the tune of $2.2 million and using some of that money to buy Kitt’s Frozen Custard, according to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday in Milwaukee County Circuit Court.
Debbie Long, 44, has been charged with theft by fraud, fraud against a financial institution, wire fraud against a financial institution, and two counts of money laundering.
A criminal complaint accuses Long of billing Wisconsin Medicaid for services for her home health care company Pinnacle Home Health Care that never actually happened, including one paid claim for 13,550 hours of care for one person in one day. Long is also alleged to have billed for services that workers said never happened, and billing for travel expenses for non-existent travel.
All told, prosecutors say Long took Wisconsin Medicaid for $2,195,760.87 between March of 2017…
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