CARR INDICTS TWO FOR HIRING CARETAKERS WITH CRIMINAL RECORDS

ATLANTA, Sept. 9 -- The Georgia Attorney General issued the following news release:

Defendantsin Cobb and Fulton countiesalleged to havedefraudedover $50k fromGeorgia Medicaid

ATLANTA, GA - Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr today announced thathis Medicaid Fraud and Patient Protection Division has secured two new indictmentsin Cobb and Fulton countieschargingtwo individualswith Medicaid Fraud and False Statements and Writings. As asserted in the indictments, the defendants knowingly hired employees with criminal records as personal caretakers for vulnerable patients.Losses to the Georgia Medicaid program are believed tototalover $50,000.

"Exposing vulnerable patients to caregivers withacriminal backgroundis never okay, andwe'lluse all ...