Debra Spicer and Valerie Tofani were convicted of submitting false timesheets and receiving payment for services they never provided.
Ms. Spicer was sentenced to three to six years in prison and was ordered to pay $6,808 in restitution. Ms. Tofani was sentenced to two and a half to five years in prison and was ordered to pay $6,690 in restitution.
Read the news release on the convictions for Vermont Medicaid fraud.
Read more coverage on healthcare fraud:
– Florida Operation Aims to shutdown Fake Prescription Fraud
– New York Dentist Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison for Filing False Claims, False Tax Return
– Associate of Indicted Indiana Physician Accused of Writing False Prescriptions
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